--- title: A wagon was brought out, drawn by many horses, and the tree was lift… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A wagon was brought out, drawn by many horses, and the tree was lifted up, with its roots and the lumps of earth that adhered to them; matting was placed around the roots, as though the tree had its feet in a warm bag. Who acts: earth, tree. 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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 (earth, tree), 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:pg27200:25:2 # text = A wagon was brought out, drawn by many horses, and the tree was lifted up, with its roots and the lumps of earth that adhered to them; matting was placed around the roots, as though the tree had its feet in a warm bag. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wagon wagon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lumps lump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 adhered adhere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 matting mat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 35 around around ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 though though SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 44 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring out** | past · passive | | a wagon | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | by many horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lift up** | past · passive | | the tree | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **adhere** | past | earth | | roots *= root* | | | | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to they=Co-Theme | | 5 | **mat** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **place** | past · passive | | | | the roots | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme around root=Destination | | 7 | **have** | past | the tree | tree's feet | | a warm bag | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/3/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/)