--- title: Gerda jumped for joy, and played till the sun went down behind the t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Gerda jumped for joy, and played till the sun went down behind the tall cherry-trees; then she slept in an elegant bed with red silk pillows, embroidered with colored violets; and then she dreamed as pleasantly as a queen on her wedding day. Who acts: Gerda, sun. 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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, sun), 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:pg27200:172:49 # text = Gerda jumped for joy, and played till the sun went down behind the tall cherry-trees; then she slept in an elegant bed with red silk pillows, embroidered with colored violets; and then she dreamed as pleasantly as a queen on her wedding day. 1 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 behind behind ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 elegant elegant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 pillows pillow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 violets violet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 pleasantly pleasantly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | Gerda | | | | | for joy | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **play** | past | Gerda *not said here* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **go down** | past | the sun | | | the tall cherry trees | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind tree=Location | | 4 | **sleep** | past | Gerda | | | a elegant bed | then | with red silk pillows | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 5 | **embroider** | participle | | red silk pillows *not said here* | | | | with colored violets | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with violet=Theme | | 6 | **color** | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dream** | past | Gerda | | | | then | as a queen on Gerda's wedding day; pleasantly *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | 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. 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