--- title: As he grew higher and still higher, with increased strength, his top… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As he grew higher and still higher, with increased strength, his topmost boughs became broader and fuller; and in proportion to his growth, so was his self-satisfaction increased, and with it arose a joyous longing to grow higher and higher, to reach even to the warm, bright sun itself. 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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 (earth, topmost boughs, satisfaction), 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:pg27200:69:58 # text = As he grew higher and still higher, with increased strength, his topmost boughs became broader and fuller; and in proportion to his growth, so was his self-satisfaction increased, and with it arose a joyous longing to grow higher and higher, to reach even to the warm, bright sun itself. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 topmost topmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 broader broad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 fuller full ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 proportion proportion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 growth growth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 31 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 satisfaction satisfaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 34 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 with with SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 51 even even ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 54 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 58 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | earth | | | proportion to earth's growth and earth's self satisfaction | | high *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in proportion=Location | | 2 | **increase** | participle | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **become** | past | earth's topmost boughs | increased strength *not said here* | | | | broad *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient strength=Result | | 4 | **is a** | past | earth *not said here* | earth's self satisfaction | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **increase** | participle | | earth's self satisfaction *not said here* | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **arise** | past | satisfaction | a joyous longing | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location longing=Theme | | 7 | **grow** | to-infinitive | satisfaction *not said here* | | | | | high *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **reach** | to-infinitive | satisfaction *not said here* | the warm bright sun satisfaction | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sun=Theme | | 9 | **grow** | | earth | | | | | | nom growth «process intransitive»: 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. 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