--- title: She leaned upon a stick and carried on her back a bundle of firewood… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She leaned upon a stick and carried on her back a bundle of firewood, which she had collected in the forest; her apron was tied round it, and John saw three great stems of fern and some willow twigs peeping out. Who acts: woman, John, some, twigs. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, John, some, twigs), 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:pg27200:196:88 # text = She leaned upon a stick and carried on her back a bundle of firewood, which she had collected in the forest; her apron was tied round it, and John saw three great stems of fern and some willow twigs peeping out. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 leaned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 firewood firewood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 28 round round ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 fern fern NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 nsubj _ _ 41 willow willow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 43 peeping peep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | woman | | | | | upon a stick | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **carry** | past | woman *not said here* | a bundle of firewood | | woman's back | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme | | 3 | **collect** | past · perfect · passive | | firewood | | the forest | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **tie** | past · passive | | woman's apron | | | | round forest | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **see** | past | John | three great stems of fern | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stem=Stimulus | | 6 | **willow** | present | some | twigs | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **peep out** | gerund | twigs *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **stem** | | | fern | | | | | nom stem «communication transitive»: of=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. 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/89/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/)