--- title: Perhaps the Story had been buried with the flowers; but then the flo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Perhaps the Story had been buried with the flowers; but then the flowers would have known of it, and the coffin would have heard it, and every little blade of grass that shot forth would have told of it. Who acts: coffin, little blade. 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 (coffin, little blade), 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:pg27200:211:34 # text = Perhaps the Story had been buried with the flowers; but then the flowers would have known of it, and the coffin would have heard it, and every little blade of grass that shot forth would have told of it. 1 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Story Story PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 forth forth ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | past · perfect · passive | | the Story | | | | with the flowers; perhaps *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **know** | would · perfect · passive | | the flowers | | | then | of flag | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **hear** | would · perfect | the coffin | flower | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **shoot** | past | every little blade of grass | | | | | forth *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would · perfect · passive | | every little blade of grass | | | | of flower | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/35/) - ↑ 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/)