--- title: And the Almighty presses the flowers to His heart, but He kisses the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the Almighty presses the flowers to His heart, but He kisses the flower that pleases Him best, and it receives a voice, and is able to join the song of the chorus of bliss." Who acts: Almighty, flower, heart, chorus. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Almighty, flower, heart, chorus), 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:pg27200:4:3 # text = And the Almighty presses the flowers to His heart, but He kisses the flower that pleases Him best, and it receives a voice, and is able to join the song of the chorus of bliss." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Almighty almighty NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 presses press VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 kisses kiss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 pleases please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 receives receive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 chorus chorus NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 bliss bliss NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | present | the Almighty | the flowers | | | | to Almighty's heart | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 2 | **kiss** | present | Almighty | the flower | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent | | 3 | **please** | present | the flower | Almighty | | | | well *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **receive** | present | heart | a voice | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | the Almighty *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **join** | to-infinitive | the Almighty *not said here* | the song of the chorus of bliss | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient | | 7 | **sing** | | the chorus of bliss | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **chorus** | | | bliss | | | | | nom chorus «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/4/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/4/4/) - ↑ back to [The Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/4/)