--- title: She held her apron before her: it was full of flowers; it was as if… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She held her apron before her: it was full of flowers; it was as if they sprung into life there, for the more she scattered around her, the more flowers did her apron contain. Who acts: child, apron, more flowers. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (child, apron, more 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:pg27200:214:73 # text = She held her apron before her: it was full of flowers; it was as if they sprung into life there, for the more she scattered around her, the more flowers did her apron contain. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 scattered scatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 29 around around ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 34 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 contain contain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | child | child's apron | | | before grass | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent apron=Theme before she=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | apron | | | | | of flowers; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | apron | | life; there | | spring *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **scatter** | past | child | | | | | around grass | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent around she=Destination | | 5 | **do** | past | the more flowers | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **contain** | present | child's apron | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/74/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)