--- title: The tree had, doubtless, a kind of feeling that the festive time had… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The tree had, doubtless, a kind of feeling that the festive time had arrived, and in his dream fancied he heard the bells ringing from all the churches round, and yet it seemed to him to be a beautiful summer's day, mild and warm. Who acts: tree, festive time, cuckoo, bells. 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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 (tree, festive time, cuckoo, bells), 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:pg27200:69:46 # text = The tree had, doubtless, a kind of feeling that the festive time had arrived, and in his dream fancied he heard the bells ringing from all the churches round, and yet it seemed to him to be a beautiful summer's day, mild and warm. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 doubtless doubtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 festive festive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 22 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 round round ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 yet yet ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the tree | | | | | doubtless *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arrive** | past · perfect | the festive time | a kind of feeling *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fancy** | past | the tree *not said here* | | | cuckoo's dream | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | past | cuckoo | the bells | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus | | 5 | **ring** | gerund | the bells *not said here* | | | all churches | | round *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **seem** | past | it | | cuckoo | | yet | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a beautiful summer's day | | | summer | | tree rules | | 8 | **dream** | | cuckoo | | | | | | nom dream «cognition 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/47/) - ↑ back to [The Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/)