--- title: Sweet and pleasant was the fragrance wafted from the clover-field, w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Sweet and pleasant was the fragrance wafted from the clover-field, where the bees swarmed round the ruined tower, the bramble twined itself over the old altar, which, washed by the rain, glittered in the sunshine; and thither flew the queen bee with her swarm, and prepared wax and honey. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Year. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sweet fragrance, bees, bramble, rain), 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:pg27200:214:105 # text = Sweet and pleasant was the fragrance wafted from the clover-field, where the bees swarmed round the ruined tower, the bramble twined itself over the old altar, which, washed by the rain, glittered in the sunshine; and thither flew the queen bee with her swarm, and prepared wax and honey. 1 Sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wafted waft VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 clover clover NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 swarmed swarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bramble bramble NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 twined twine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 glittered glitter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 thither thither ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Sweet fragrance | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **waft** | past | the Sweet fragrance | | | the clover field | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **swarm** | participle | the bees | | | | | round the ruined tower | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **ruin** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **twine** | past | the bramble | bramble | | the old altar | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Theme over altar=Destination | | 6 | **wash** | participle · passive | the rain | the old altar | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 7 | **glitter** | participle | | the rain *not said here* | | the sunshine | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location | | 8 | **fly** | past | the Sweet fragrance *not said here* | the queen bee | | | | with fragrance's swarm; prepared wax and honey *obl*; thither *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bee=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/106/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)