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title: Some large trees had been planted in little pots, so that they were… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: Some large trees had been planted in little pots, so that they were cramped for room, and seemed about to burst the pot to pieces; while many weak little flowers were growing in rich soil, with moss all around them, carefully tended and cared for. Who acts: trees, many weak little flowers. A sentenc
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of a Mother, sentence 65

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Some large trees had been planted in little pots, so that they were cramped for room, and seemed about to burst the pot to pieces; while many weak little flowers were growing in rich soil, with moss all around them, carefully tended and cared for.

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**Who acts:** trees, many weak little flowers · **What happens:** plant, be, seem, burst, grow, tend · **To what, where:** large trees, little pots, pot, rich soil

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of a Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trees, many weak little flowers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg27200:185:65
# text = Some large trees had been planted in little pots, so that they were cramped for room, and seemed about to burst the pot to pieces; while many weak little flowers were growing in rich soil, with moss all around them, carefully tended and cared for.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	cramped	cramped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	about	about	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	burst	burst	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
29	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
30	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
31	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
32	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	xcomp	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
42	all	all	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
43	around	around	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	tended	tend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	cared	care	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	conj	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past · perfect · passive |  | some large trees |  | little pots |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in pot=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | past | trees *= tree* |  |  |  |  | for room; cramped *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **seem** | past |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 4 | **burst** | to-infinitive |  | the pot |  |  |  | to pieces | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pot=Theme |
| 5 | **grow** | past · progressive | many weak little flowers |  |  | rich soil |  | with moss; around trees *= tree* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in soil=Location |
| 6 | **tend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **care** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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**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.

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