--- title: The flowers which had been here in the dark troublous time had been… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The flowers which had been here in the dark troublous time had been much more beautiful; but they had been cut off, one after another, to be woven into wreaths and placed in coffins, and the flag had waved over them! Who acts: flowers. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flowers), 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:pg27200:211:33 # text = The flowers which had been here in the dark troublous time had been much more beautiful; but they had been cut off, one after another, to be woven into wreaths and placed in coffins, and the flag had waved over them! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 troublous troublous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 14 much much ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 parataxis _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 wreaths wreath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 coffins coffin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 waved wave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the flowers | | | | time | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | the flowers | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cut off** | past · perfect · passive | | stories *= story* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **weave** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | wreaths | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: into wreath=Destination | | 5 | **place** | participle | | | | coffins | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in coffin=Destination | | 6 | **wave** | past · perfect · passive | | the flag | | | | over stories *= story* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/34/) - ↑ back to [The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/)