--- title: Their brother who is taller than they are, stands in the swing; he h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Their brother who is taller than they are, stands in the swing; he has one arm round the rope, to steady himself; in one hand he holds a little bowl, and in the other a clay pipe; he is blowing bubbles. Who acts: brother, ribbons. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (brother, ribbons), 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:pg27200:172:87 # text = Their brother who is taller than they are, stands in the swing; he has one arm round the rope, to steady himself; in one hand he holds a little bowl, and in the other a clay pipe; he is blowing bubbles. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 6 than than SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 swing swing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 blowing blow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 47 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | ribbons's brother | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **does** | present | ribbons *= ribbon* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | present | ribbons's brother | | | the swing | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in swing=Location | | 4 | **have** | present | brother | one arm | | | | round the rope | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 5 | **hold** | present | brother | a little bowl | | one hand | | in the other | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme in hand=Location | | 6 | **blow** | present · progressive | brother | bubbles | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bubble=Patient | 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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