--- title: We have met in the garden, in the hollow lane, in the field and mead… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: We have met in the garden, in the hollow lane, in the field and meadow, where she gathered herbs and flowers which she knew would be useful to her father in preparing the drugs and mixtures he was always concocting. Who acts: We, smile, field, shipbuilder. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, smile, field, shipbuilder), 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:pg27200:212:84 # text = We have met in the garden, in the hollow lane, in the field and meadow, where she gathered herbs and flowers which she knew would be useful to her father in preparing the drugs and mixtures he was always concocting. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 in in SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 preparing prepare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 drugs drug NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 mixtures mixture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 43 advmod _ _ 43 concocting concoct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | present · perfect | We | | | the garden | | in the hollow lane | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gather** | past | smile | herbs and flowers | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme | | 3 | **know** | past | smile | herbs and flowers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | would | the field and meadow | | | | | to smile's father; useful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **prepare** | gerund | the field and meadow *not said here* | the drugs and mixtures | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drug=Patient | | 6 | **concoct** | past · progressive | shipbuilder | the drugs and mixtures *not said here* | | | | always *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drug=Result | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/85/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)