--- title: The linden-trees were in blossom; while the swallows flew here and t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The linden-trees were in blossom; while the swallows flew here and there, crying, "Twit, twit, twit, my mate is coming,"--but it was not the fir-tree they meant. " Who acts: linden trees, swallows, mate, fir tree. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Fir Tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/143/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/) / 143 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Fir Tree, sentence 143 The linden-trees were in blossom; while the swallows flew here and there, crying, "Twit, twit, twit, my mate is coming,"--but it was not the fir-tree they meant. " **Who acts:** linden trees, swallows, mate, fir tree · **What happens:** be, fly, cry, come, not be, mean · **To what, where:** blossom, Twit, fir tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (linden trees, swallows, mate, fir 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:pg27200:33:143 # text = The linden-trees were in blossom; while the swallows flew here and there, crying, "Twit, twit, twit, my mate is coming,"--but it was not the fir-tree they meant. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 linden linden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 swallows swallow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Twit twit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 twit twit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 twit twit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | the linden trees | | | blossom | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in blossom=Location | | 2 | **fly** | past | the swallows | | | here | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the swallows *not said here* | Twit and twit and twit | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twit=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my mate | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is a** | past | mate | the fir tree | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **mean** | past | the fir tree | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/144/) - ↑ back to [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/)