--- title: They had permission to do so, although the tree stood close by the s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They had permission to do so, although the tree stood close by the stream, and they might easily have fallen into the water; but the eye of God watches over the little ones, otherwise they would never be safe. Who acts: gardens, tree, eye. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Under the Willow-tree, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/) / 7 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 1, sentence 7 They had permission to do so, although the tree stood close by the stream, and they might easily have fallen into the water; but the eye of God watches over the little ones, otherwise they would never be safe. **Who acts:** gardens, tree, eye · **What happens:** have, do, stand, fall, watch, not be · **To what, where:** permission, water This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, 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 (gardens, tree, eye), 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:pg27200:202:7 # text = They had permission to do so, although the tree stood close by the stream, and they might easily have fallen into the water; but the eye of God watches over the little ones, otherwise they would never be safe. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 although although SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 easily easily ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 22 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 watches watch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | gardens *= garden* | permission | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Patient | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | gardens *= garden* *not said here* | permission *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** | past | the tree | | | | | by the stream; close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stream=Location | | 4 | **fall** | might · perfect | gardens *= garden* | | | | | into the water *result*; easily *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | | 5 | **watch** | present | the eye of God | | | | | over the little ones | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over one=Location | | 6 | **not** **is** | would | gardens *= garden* | | | | | otherwise, safe *property* | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/8/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/)