--- title: As soon as she was in her room, she took the largest flower-pot she… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she was in her room, she took the largest flower-pot she could find, and in this she placed the head of the dead man, covered it up with earth, and planted the twig of jasmine in it. Who acts: girl. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Elf of the Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl), 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:pg27200:30:53 # text = As soon as she was in her room, she took the largest flower-pot she could find, and in this she placed the head of the dead man, covered it up with earth, and planted the twig of jasmine in it. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 14 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obl _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 twig twig NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 jasmine jasmine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | girl | | | girl's room | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | girl | the largest flower pot | | | | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme | | 3 | **find** | could | girl | the largest flower pot *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Topic | | 4 | **place** | past | girl | the head of the dead man | | this | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in this=Destination | | 5 | **cover up** | past | girl *not said here* | head | | | | with earth | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with earth=Theme | | 6 | **plant** | past | girl *not said here* | the twig of jasmine | | head | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent twig=Theme in it=Destination | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/54/) - ↑ back to [The Elf of the Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/)