--- title: In the autumn, as usual, the wood-cutters came and cut down several… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the autumn, as usual, the wood-cutters came and cut down several of the tallest trees, and the young fir-tree, which was now grown to its full height, shuddered as the noble trees fell to the earth with a crash. Who acts: wood cutters, noble trees. 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C. Andersen, The Fir Tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wood cutters, noble trees), 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:pg27200:33:12 # text = In the autumn, as usual, the wood-cutters came and cut down several of the tallest trees, and the young fir-tree, which was now grown to its full height, shuddered as the noble trees fell to the earth with a crash. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 cutters cutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 shuddered shudder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 crash crash NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the wood cutters | the young fir tree | | | autumn | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cut down** | participle | the wood cutters *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **grow** | past · passive | | the young fir tree | | | now | to hare's full height *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent to height=Result | | 4 | **shudder** | participle | | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **fall** | past | the noble trees | | | | | to the earth with a crash | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/13/) - ↑ back to [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/)