--- title: In its topmost branches the wood-pigeon built her nest, and the cuck… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In its topmost branches the wood-pigeon built her nest, and the cuckoo carried out his usual vocal performances, and his well-known notes echoed amid the boughs; and in autumn, when the leaves looked like beaten copper plates, the birds of passage would come and rest upon the branches before taking --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/42/) [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/) / 42 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, sentence 42 In its topmost branches the wood-pigeon built her nest, and the cuckoo carried out his usual vocal performances, and his well-known notes echoed amid the boughs; and in autumn, when the leaves looked like beaten copper plates, the birds of passage would come and rest upon the branches before taking their flight across the sea. **Who acts:** wood pigeon, cuckoo, known notes, leaves, birds · **What happens:** build, carry out, know, echo, look, beat · **To what, where:** nest, topmost branches, usual vocal performances, amid, branches, flight 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 (wood pigeon, cuckoo, known notes, leaves), 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:pg27200:69:42 # text = In its topmost branches the wood-pigeon built her nest, and the cuckoo carried out his usual vocal performances, and his well-known notes echoed amid the boughs; and in autumn, when the leaves looked like beaten copper plates, the birds of passage would come and rest upon the branches before taking their flight across the sea. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 topmost topmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cuckoo cuckoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 19 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 vocal vocal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 performances performance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 echoed echo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 30 amid amid NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 44 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 55 upon upon ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 58 before before SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 59 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 60 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 across across ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | the wood pigeon | pigeon's nest | | oak's topmost branches | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | | 2 | **carry out** | past | the cuckoo | cuckoo's usual vocal performances | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent performance=Eventuality | | 3 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **echo** | past | cuckoo's known notes | amid | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | past | the leaves | | | | | like beaten copper plates | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come** | would | the birds of passage | | | | autumn | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **rest** | infinitive | the birds of passage *not said here* | | | the branches | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon branch=Location | | 9 | **take** | gerund | the birds of passage *not said here* | birds's flight | | the sea | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Theme | | 10 | **perform** | | cuckoo | | | | | | nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **note** | | cuckoo | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/43/) - ↑ back to [The Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/)