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C. Andersen, The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gerda, soldiers, boat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:172:29 # text = Gerda called out to them, for she thought they were alive, but of course they did not answer; and as the boat drifted nearer to the shore, she saw what they really were. 1 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 20 advmod _ _ 16 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 fixed _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 drifted drift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 really really ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | Gerda | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to they=Recipient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Gerda | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drift** | past | the boat | | | the shore | | near *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination | | 6 | **see** | past | Gerda | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/172/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/172/30/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/172/)