--- title: And the little boy looked at the teapot; the lid rose up gradually,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the little boy looked at the teapot; the lid rose up gradually, the elder-tree blossoms sprang forth one by one, fresh and white; long boughs came forth; even out of the spout they grew up in all directions, and formed a bush--nay, a large elder tree, which stretched its branches up to the bed a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/22/) [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 Little Elder-tree Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/) / 22 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother, sentence 22 And the little boy looked at the teapot; the lid rose up gradually, the elder-tree blossoms sprang forth one by one, fresh and white; long boughs came forth; even out of the spout they grew up in all directions, and formed a bush--nay, a large elder tree, which stretched its branches up to the bed and pushed the curtains aside; and there were so many blossoms and such a sweet fragrance! **Who acts:** little boy, lid, tree blossoms, long boughs, spout, large elder tree · **What happens:** look, rise up, sprang, come, grow up, form · **To what, where:** one, directions, bush, branches, curtains This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little boy, lid, tree blossoms, long boughs), 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:pg27200:72:22 # text = And the little boy looked at the teapot; the lid rose up gradually, the elder-tree blossoms sprang forth one by one, fresh and white; long boughs came forth; even out of the spout they grew up in all directions, and formed a bush--nay, a large elder tree, which stretched its branches up to the bed and pushed the curtains aside; and there were so many blossoms and such a sweet fragrance! 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 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 teapot teapot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sprang sprang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 34 forth forth ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spout spout NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 nay nay INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 56 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 57 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 61 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 64 up up ADP RB _ 67 case _ _ 65 to to ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 72 aside aside ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ; ; PUNCT : _ 76 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 76 expl _ _ 76 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 77 so so ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 nsubj _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 81 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 84 det:predet _ _ 82 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 84 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the little boy | | | | | at the teapot | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at teapot=Theme | | 2 | **rise up** | past | the lid | | | | | gradually *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sprang** | present | the tree blossoms | one | | | | by one | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | long boughs | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **grow up** | past | the spout | | | all directions | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Location | | 6 | **form** | past | the little boy *not said here* | a bush | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bush=Theme | | 7 | **stretch** | past | a large elder tree | teapot's branches | | | | up the bed | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent branch=Patient | | 8 | **push** | past | a large elder tree *not said here* | the curtains | | | | aside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme | | 9 | **be** | past | many blossoms and such sweet fragrance | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/23/) - ↑ back to [The Little Elder-tree Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/)