--- title: These were wonderful and happy moments for the old tree, full of pea… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: These were wonderful and happy moments for the old tree, full of peace and joy; and yet, amidst all this happiness, the tree felt a yearning, longing desire that all the other trees, bushes, herbs, and flowers beneath him, might be able also to rise higher, as he had done, and to see all this splend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/62/) [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/) / 62 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, sentence 62 These were wonderful and happy moments for the old tree, full of peace and joy; and yet, amidst all this happiness, the tree felt a yearning, longing desire that all the other trees, bushes, herbs, and flowers beneath him, might be able also to rise higher, as he had done, and to see all this splendor, and experience the same happiness. **Who acts:** These, tree, that, flowers, child · **What happens:** be, feel, long, tree, rise, do · **To what, where:** yearning, desire, splendor, same happiness 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, tree, that, flowers), 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:pg27200:69:62 # text = These were wonderful and happy moments for the old tree, full of peace and joy; and yet, amidst all this happiness, the tree felt a yearning, longing desire that all the other trees, bushes, herbs, and flowers beneath him, might be able also to rise higher, as he had done, and to see all this splendor, and experience the same happiness. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 19 yet yet ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 yearning yearning NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 33 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 46 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 49 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 52 also also ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 55 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 as as SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 65 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 67 det:predet _ _ 66 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 det _ _ 67 splendor splendor NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 experience experience VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | These | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | past | the tree | a yearning | | | yet | amidst all happiness | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yearning=Theme | | 3 | **long** | gerund | the tree *not said here* | desire and all other trees and bushes and herbs | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tree** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | might | flowers beneath child | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **rise** | to-infinitive | flowers beneath child *not said here* | | | | | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | past · perfect | child | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | flowers beneath child *not said here* | all splendor | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer splendor=Stimulus | | 9 | **experience** | infinitive | flowers beneath child *not said here* | the same happiness | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer happiness=Stimulus | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/63/) - ↑ back to [The Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/)