--- title: Christmas-time drew near, and a peasant who dwelt close by the old w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Christmas-time drew near, and a peasant who dwelt close by the old wall stuck up a pole with some ears of corn fastened to the top, that the birds of heaven might have feast, and rejoice in the happy, blessed time. Who acts: Christmas time, peasant, birds. 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C. Andersen, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christmas time, peasant, birds), 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:pg27200:37:87 # text = Christmas-time drew near, and a peasant who dwelt close by the old wall stuck up a pole with some ears of corn fastened to the top, that the birds of heaven might have feast, and rejoice in the happy, blessed time. 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 38 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 44 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 46 blessed blessed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Christmas time | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dwell** | past | a peasant | | | | | by the old wall; close *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wall=Location | | 3 | **stick up** | participle · passive | | a peasant | | | | with some ears of corn | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme pole=Destination | | 4 | **fasten** | participle | | corn *not said here* | | | | to the top | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to top=Co-Patient | | 5 | **have** | might | the birds of heaven | feast | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient | | 6 | **rejoice** | infinitive | Christmas time *not said here* | | | | time | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/88/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)