--- title: Now all the flowers are certainly dancing in there," she thought, "o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Now all the flowers are certainly dancing in there," she thought, "oh how much I should like to see them," but she did not dare move for fear of disturbing her father and mother. " Who acts: flowers, Ida, I, fear. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** flowers, Ida, I, fear · **What happens:** dance, think, like, see, not dare, disturb · **To what, where:** flowers, move, father · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Ida's Flowers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flowers, Ida, I, fear), 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:pg27200:73:81 # text = Now all the flowers are certainly dancing in there," she thought, "oh how much I should like to see them," but she did not dare move for fear of disturbing her father and mother. " 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 oh oh INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 32 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 disturbing disturb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | present · progressive | all flowers | | | | now | certainly *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in there=Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Ida | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | flowers *= flower* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **dare** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Ida | move | | | | for fear | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent move=Recipient | | 6 | **disturb** *in a quote* | gerund | fear *not said here* | Ida's father and mother | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus father=Experiencer | 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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