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title: Yet still he seemed conscious that the willow-tree was stretching it… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: Yet still he seemed conscious that the willow-tree was stretching its branches over him; in his dreaming state the tree appeared like a strong, old man--the "willow-father" himself, who had taken his tired son up in his arms to carry him back to the land of home, to the garden of his childhood, on t
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 3, sentence 26

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Yet still he seemed conscious that the willow-tree was stretching its branches over him; in his dreaming state the tree appeared like a strong, old man--the "willow-father" himself, who had taken his tired son up in his arms to carry him back to the land of home, to the garden of his childhood, on the bleak open shores of Kjoge.

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**Who acts:** Knud, willow tree, tree · **What happens:** seem, stretch, dream, appear, take up, carry back · **To what, where:** branches, Knud, dreaming state, tired son, arms, bleak open shores

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Knud, willow tree, tree), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:204:26
# text = Yet still he seemed conscious that the willow-tree was stretching its branches over him; in his dreaming state the tree appeared like a strong, old man--the "willow-father" himself, who had taken his tired son up in his arms to carry him back to the land of home, to the garden of his childhood, on the bleak open shores of Kjoge.
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	conscious	conscious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	dreaming	dream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	amod	_	_
21	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
25	like	like	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
27	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
33	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	_	_
38	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	conj	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
44	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
46	up	up	ADP	RP	_	42	compound:prt	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	advcl	_	_
52	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obj	_	_
53	back	back	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
67	on	on	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
69	bleak	bleak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
70	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	shores	shore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
72	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	Kjoge	Kjoge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | Knud |  |  |  | still | conscious *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stretch** | past · progressive | the willow tree | sleep's branches |  |  |  | over Knud | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent branch=Patient |
| 3 | **dream** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **appear** | past | the tree | Knud |  | Knud's dreaming state |  | like a strong old man | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in state=Location |
| 5 | **take up** | past · perfect |  | Knud's tired son |  | Knud's arms |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent son=Value in arm=Location |
| 6 | **carry back** | to-infinitive |  | Knud |  | the bleak open shores of Kjoge |  | to the land of home; to the garden of Knud's childhood | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to land=Destination |

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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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