--- title: All the snow will melt; the cold winds will be driven away; we shall… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: All the snow will melt; the cold winds will be driven away; we shall rule; all will become green, and then you will have companions, syringas, laburnums, and roses; but you are the first, so graceful, so delicate!" Who acts: snow, we, all, you. 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C. Andersen, The Snowdrop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snow, we, all, you), 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:pg27200:177:23 # text = All the snow will melt; the cold winds will be driven away; we shall rule; all will become green, and then you will have companions, syringas, laburnums, and roses; but you are the first, so graceful, so delicate!" 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 22 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 29 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 syringas syringa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 laburnums laburnum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 graceful graceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | future | all snow | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **drive away** | future · passive | | the cold winds | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Trajectory | | 3 | **rule** | shall | we | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **become** | future | all | | | | | green *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **have** | future | you | companions and syringas and laburnums and roses | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | you | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/24/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)