--- title: The branch well knew how beautiful it was; this knowledge exists as… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The branch well knew how beautiful it was; this knowledge exists as much in the leaf as in the blood; I was therefore not surprised when a nobleman's carriage, in which sat the young countess, stopped in the road just by. Who acts: branch, tale, knowledge, I. 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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 (branch, tale, knowledge, I), 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:pg27200:6:5 # text = The branch well knew how beautiful it was; this knowledge exists as much in the leaf as in the blood; I was therefore not surprised when a nobleman's carriage, in which sat the young countess, stopped in the road just by. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 exists exist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 countess countess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 just just ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 41 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the branch | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | tale | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **exist** | present | this knowledge | much | | the leaf | | as the blood | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | I | | | | | a nobleman's carriage *obl*; surprised, therefore *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sit** | past | | the young countess | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location countess=Theme | | 6 | **stop** | participle | | the young countess *not said here* | | the road | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in road=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/6/) - ↑ back to [The Conceited Apple-branch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/6/)