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title: The chestnut tree stood upon the wagon, and nodded his branches; whe… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: The chestnut tree stood upon the wagon, and nodded his branches; whether this meant "farewell" or "forward," the Dryad knew not; she dreamed only of the marvellous new things, that seemed yet so familiar, and that were to unfold themselves before her. Who acts: chestnut tree, this, Dryad, journey. A
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Dryad, part 2, sentence 10

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The chestnut tree stood upon the wagon, and nodded his branches; whether this meant "farewell" or "forward," the Dryad knew not; she dreamed only of the marvellous new things, that seemed yet so familiar, and that were to unfold themselves before her.

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**Who acts:** chestnut tree, this, Dryad, journey, marvellous new things, that · **What happens:** stand, nod, mean, not know, dream, seem · **To what, where:** wagon, branches, farewell

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chestnut tree, this, Dryad, journey), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:25:10
# text = The chestnut tree stood upon the wagon, and nodded his branches; whether this meant "farewell" or "forward," the Dryad knew not; she dreamed only of the marvellous new things, that seemed yet so familiar, and that were to unfold themselves before her.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	nodded	nod	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
16	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	farewell	farewell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Dryad	Dryad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	dreamed	dream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
32	only	only	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
35	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
36	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	40	nsubj	_	_
40	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	acl:relcl	_	_
41	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
42	so	so	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	49	nsubj	_	_
47	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	unfold	unfold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
50	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	49	obj	_	_
51	before	before	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the chestnut tree |  |  | the wagon |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon wagon=Location |
| 2 | **nod** | past | the chestnut tree *not said here* | Paris's branches |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Patient |
| 3 | **mean** | past | this | farewell |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farewell=Topic |
| 4 | **not** **know** | past | the Dryad |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **dream** | past | journey |  |  |  |  | of the marvellous new things | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **seem** | past | the marvellous new things |  |  |  | yet | familiar *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **unfold** | past | that | branches *= branch* |  |  | before journey |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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