--- title: I have seen a bud on a rose-bush gradually, in the course of a few w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I have seen a bud on a rose-bush gradually, in the course of a few weeks, unfold its leaves till it became a rose in all its beauty; and, before I was aware of it, I beheld it blooming in rosy loveliness. Who acts: I, bud. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, bud), 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:pg27200:36:94 # text = I have seen a bud on a rose-bush gradually, in the course of a few weeks, unfold its leaves till it became a rose in all its beauty; and, before I was aware of it, I beheld it blooming in rosy loveliness. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bud bud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 unfold unfold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 xcomp _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 before before SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 blooming bloom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 loveliness loveliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | I | a bud | | a rose bush | | in the course of a few weeks; gradually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bud=Stimulus | | 2 | **unfold** | infinitive | I *not said here* | course's leaves | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 3 | **become** | past | bud | a rose in bud's beauty | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | | | of bud; aware *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **behold** | past | I | bud | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **bloom** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | rosy loveliness | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in loveliness=Location | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/95/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/)