--- title: The elder children broke off the flowers with long stems, bent the s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The elder children broke off the flowers with long stems, bent the stalks one round the other, to form links, and made first a chain for the neck, then one to go across the shoulders, and hang down to the waist, and at last a wreath to wear round the head, so that they looked quite splendid in their --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/33/) [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 Conceited Apple-branch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/) / 33 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Conceited Apple-branch, sentence 33 The elder children broke off the flowers with long stems, bent the stalks one round the other, to form links, and made first a chain for the neck, then one to go across the shoulders, and hang down to the waist, and at last a wreath to wear round the head, so that they looked quite splendid in their garlands of green stems and golden flowers. **Who acts:** elder children, children · **What happens:** break off, bend, form, make, go, hang down · **To what, where:** flowers, stalks, links, chain, shoulders, last wreath This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Conceited Apple-branch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elder children, children), 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:pg27200:6:33 # text = The elder children broke off the flowers with long stems, bent the stalks one round the other, to form links, and made first a chain for the neck, then one to go across the shoulders, and hang down to the waist, and at last a wreath to wear round the head, so that they looked quite splendid in their garlands of green stems and golden flowers. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 stalks stalk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 flat _ _ 16 round round ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 22 links link NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 advmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 across across ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 43 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl _ _ 55 round round ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 fixed _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 63 quite quite ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 xcomp _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 garlands garland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nmod _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break off** | past | the elder children | the flowers | | | | with long stems; one *obl* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent flower=Patient with stem=Instrument | | 2 | **bend** | past | the elder children *not said here* | the stalks | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent stalk=Material | | 3 | **form** | to-infinitive | the elder children *not said here* | links | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location link=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | the elder children *not said here* | a chain | | | | for the neck; first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent chain=Product for neck=Asset | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | the shoulders | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across shoulder=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hang down** | infinitive | | a last wreath | | | | to the waist | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wear** | to-infinitive | | a last wreath *not said here* | | | | round the head | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **look** | past | children *= child* | | | | | splendid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/34/) - ↑ back to [The Conceited Apple-branch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/)