--- title: The elder-tree smelt strongly, and the setting sun illuminated the f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The elder-tree smelt strongly, and the setting sun illuminated the faces of the two old people, so that they looked quite rosy; the youngest of the grandchildren danced round them, and cried merrily that there would be a feast in the evening, for they were to have hot potatoes; and the elder mother --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/58/) [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/) / 58 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother, sentence 58 The elder-tree smelt strongly, and the setting sun illuminated the faces of the two old people, so that they looked quite rosy; the youngest of the grandchildren danced round them, and cried merrily that there would be a feast in the evening, for they were to have hot potatoes; and the elder mother nodded in the tree and cried 'Hooray' with the others." **Who acts:** tree smelt, people, youngest · **What happens:** illuminate, look, dance, cry, be, have · **To what, where:** faces, feast, hot potatoes, elder mother, Hooray 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 (tree smelt, people, youngest), 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:pg27200:72:58 # text = The elder-tree smelt strongly, and the setting sun illuminated the faces of the two old people, so that they looked quite rosy; the youngest of the grandchildren danced round them, and cried merrily that there would be a feast in the evening, for they were to have hot potatoes; and the elder mother nodded in the tree and cried 'Hooray' with the others." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 smelt smelt NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 6 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 setting setting NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 illuminated illuminate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 quite quite ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 grandchildren grandchild NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 34 round round ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 csubj _ _ 39 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 parataxis _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 55 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 62 nodded nod VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 acl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 68 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Hooray Hooray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 69 punct _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **illuminate** | past | the tree smelt | the faces of the two old people | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Destination | | 2 | **look** | past | people | | | | | rosy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **dance** | past | the youngest | | | | | round people | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round they=Trajectory | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | merrily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | infinitive | | a feast | | | evening | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | people | hot potatoes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient | | 7 | **nod** | participle | | the elder mother *not said here* | | | | in the tree | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in tree=Theme | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | Hooray | | | | with the others | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hooray=Topic | 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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