--- title: And the little creature danced and floated in the air, rejoicing in… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the little creature danced and floated in the air, rejoicing in her delicate wings of gauze and velvet, rejoicing in the balmy breezes, laden with the fragrance of clover-fields and wild roses, elder-blossoms and honeysuckle, from the garden hedges, wild thyme, primroses, and mint, and the scent --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/19/) [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 Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/) / 19 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, sentence 19 And the little creature danced and floated in the air, rejoicing in her delicate wings of gauze and velvet, rejoicing in the balmy breezes, laden with the fragrance of clover-fields and wild roses, elder-blossoms and honeysuckle, from the garden hedges, wild thyme, primroses, and mint, and the scent of all these was so strong that the perfume almost intoxicated the little fly. **Who acts:** these, perfume · **What happens:** dance, float, rejoice, lade, be, intoxicate · **To what, where:** little creature, air, delicate wings, balmy breezes, scent, little fly This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (these, perfume), 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:pg27200:69:19 # text = And the little creature danced and floated in the air, rejoicing in her delicate wings of gauze and velvet, rejoicing in the balmy breezes, laden with the fragrance of clover-fields and wild roses, elder-blossoms and honeysuckle, from the garden hedges, wild thyme, primroses, and mint, and the scent of all these was so strong that the perfume almost intoxicated the little fly. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 floated float VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 gauze gauze NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 balmy balmy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 breezes breeze NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 laden lade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 clover clover NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 honeysuckle honeysuckle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 hedges hedge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 thyme thyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 primroses primrose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 mint mint NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 62 of of SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 63 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 67 det:predet _ _ 64 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 67 nsubj _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 so so ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 acl:relcl _ _ 68 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 71 almost almost ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 intoxicated intoxicate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | participle · passive | | the little creature | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **float** | participle | | | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory | | 3 | **rejoice** | gerund | | | | her delicate wings of gauze and velvet | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **rejoice** | gerund | | | | the balmy breezes | | from the garden hedges and wild thyme and primroses | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **lade** | participle | | the balmy breezes *not said here* | | | | with the fragrance of clover fields and wild roses and elder blossoms and honeysuckle | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | these | the scent *not said here* | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **intoxicate** | past | the perfume | the little fly | | | | almost *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fly=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/20/) - ↑ back to [The Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/)