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title: The little elder-tree mother had suddenly become a charming young gi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: The little elder-tree mother had suddenly become a charming young girl, but her dress was still of the same green material, covered with white blossoms, as the elder-tree mother had worn; she had a real elder blossom on her bosom, and a wreath of the same flowers was wound round her curly golden hai
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother, sentence 65

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The little elder-tree mother had suddenly become a charming young girl, but her dress was still of the same green material, covered with white blossoms, as the elder-tree mother had worn; she had a real elder blossom on her bosom, and a wreath of the same flowers was wound round her curly golden hair; her eyes were so large and so blue that it was wonderful to look at them.

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**Who acts:** little tree mother, dress, mother, eyes, wreath · **What happens:** become, be, cover, wear, have, woun · **To what, where:** charming young girl, same green material, tree mother, real elder blossom, bosom, wreath

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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 tree mother, dress, mother, eyes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:72:65
# text = The little elder-tree mother had suddenly become a charming young girl, but her dress was still of the same green material, covered with white blossoms, as the elder-tree mother had worn; she had a real elder blossom on her bosom, and a wreath of the same flowers was wound round her curly golden hair; her eyes were so large and so blue that it was wonderful to look at them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	elder	elder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	charming	charming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
19	still	still	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
31	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
33	elder	elder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
40	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
43	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
44	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	blossom	blossom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
46	on	on	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	bosom	bosom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	wreath	wreath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	_
57	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux:pass	_	_
58	wound	woun	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	conj	_	_
59	round	round	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
60	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
61	curly	curly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
62	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	69	punct	_	_
65	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nsubj	_	_
67	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	cop	_	_
68	so	so	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
69	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
71	so	so	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
72	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	conj	_	_
73	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	76	mark	_	_
74	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
75	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	76	cop	_	_
76	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	parataxis	_	_
77	to	to	PART	TO	_	78	mark	_	_
78	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	76	advcl	_	_
79	at	at	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the little tree mother | a charming young girl |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | mother's dress |  |  |  | still | of the same green material | tree rules |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  | the same green material *not said here* |  |  |  | with white blossoms | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blossom=Theme |
| 4 | **wear** | past · perfect · passive |  | the tree mother |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 5 | **have** | past | mother | a real elder blossom |  | mother's bosom |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blossom=Patient |
| 6 | **woun** | past · passive |  | a wreath of the same flowers |  |  |  | round mother's curly golden hair | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | mother's eyes |  |  |  |  | large *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **be** |  | mother's eyes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** | past | wreath |  |  |  |  | wonderful *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **look** | to-infinitive | wreath *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at blossoms *= blossom* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme |
| 11 | **bosom** |  | mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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