--- title: The Dryad rejoiced in her life, and rejoiced in the sunshine, and th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The Dryad rejoiced in her life, and rejoiced in the sunshine, and the singing of the birds; but she was most rejoiced at human voices; she understood the language of men as well as she understood that of animals. Who acts: Dryad. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Dryad, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dryad), 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:pg27200:24:21 # text = The Dryad rejoiced in her life, and rejoiced in the sunshine, and the singing of the birds; but she was most rejoiced at human voices; she understood the language of men as well as she understood that of animals. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dryad Dryad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 25 advmod _ _ 25 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 40 cc _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 fixed _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | past | the Dryad | | | Dryad's life | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **rejoice** | participle | the Dryad *not said here* | the singing of the birds | | the sunshine | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **rejoice** | past · passive | | Dryad | | human voices | | | tree rules | | 4 | **understand** | past | Dryad | the language of men | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus | | 5 | **understand** | past | Dryad | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **sing** | | | the birds | | | | | nom singing «act transitive»: of=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/22/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/)