--- title: Every piece of faggot in the pile had taken root, and threw out bran… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Every piece of faggot in the pile had taken root, and threw out branches, and appeared a thick hedge, large and high, covered with roses; while above all bloomed a white and shining flower, that glittered like a star. Who acts: piece, white flower. 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C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, 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 (piece, white flower), 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:pg27200:210:42 # text = Every piece of faggot in the pile had taken root, and threw out branches, and appeared a thick hedge, large and high, covered with roses; while above all bloomed a white and shining flower, that glittered like a star. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 faggot faggot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 above above ADP IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 bloomed bloom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 39 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 glittered glitter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect | every piece of faggot in the pile | root | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Theme | | 2 | **throw out** | past | | branches | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | past | | a thick hedge | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hedge=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | with roses | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rose=Theme | | 5 | **bloom** | participle · passive | | all | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **glitter** | past | a white flower | | | | | like a star | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/43/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/)