--- title: The camels pass along under the palm trees; they are richly laden wi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The camels pass along under the palm trees; they are richly laden with indigo and other treasures of value, sent by the ruler of the land to him whose songs are the delight of the people, the fame of the country. Who acts: camels, songs, delight. 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C. Andersen, The Thorny Road of Honor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (camels, songs, delight), 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:pg27200:190:19 # text = The camels pass along under the palm trees; they are richly laden with indigo and other treasures of value, sent by the ruler of the land to him whose songs are the delight of the people, the fame of the country. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 richly richly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 laden lade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 indigo indigo NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:agent _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass along** | present | the camels | | | the palm trees | | along *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under tree=Location | | 2 | **lade** | present · passive | | camels *= camel* | | | | with indigo and other treasures of value; richly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | participle | | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | the delight and the fame of the country's songs | the delight and the fame of the country | | | | of the people | tree rules | | 5 | **treasure** | | | value | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **sing** | | the delight and the fame of the country | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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. 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/20/) - ↑ back to [The Thorny Road of Honor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/190/)