--- title: It is God who makes the wild apples grow in the wood, to satisfy the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It is God who makes the wild apples grow in the wood, to satisfy the hungry, and He now led her to one of these trees, which was so loaded with fruit, that the boughs bent beneath the weight. Who acts: opening, God, wild apples, boughs. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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Andersen, The Wild Swans, 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 (opening, God, wild apples, boughs), 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:pg27200:208:57 # text = It is God who makes the wild apples grow in the wood, to satisfy the hungry, and He now led her to one of these trees, which was so loaded with fruit, that the boughs bent beneath the weight. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 41 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | opening | God | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | God | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow** | present | the wild apples | | | the wood | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | | 4 | **satisfy** | to-infinitive | the wild apples *not said here* | the hungry | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hungry=Experiencer | | 5 | **lead** | past | God | daughter | one of this trees | | now | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to one=Destination | | 6 | **load** | past · passive | | this trees | | | | with fruit | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with fruit=Theme | | 7 | **bend** | past | the boughs | | | the weight | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath weight=Location | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/58/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/)