--- title: She saw the fruits in the garden ripen till they were gathered, the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She saw the fruits in the garden ripen till they were gathered, the snow on the tops of the mountains melt away; but she never saw the prince, and therefore she returned home, always more sorrowful than before. Who acts: face, snow. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (face, snow), 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:pg27200:76:31 # text = She saw the fruits in the garden ripen till they were gathered, the snow on the tops of the mountains melt away; but she never saw the prince, and therefore she returned home, always more sorrowful than before. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 ripen ripen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 melt melt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 36 home home ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 before before ADV RB _ 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | face | the fruits | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ripen** | infinitive | | | | the garden | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **gather** | past · passive | | fruits *= fruit* | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **melt away** | present | the snow on the tops of the mountains | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **see** | past | face | the prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 6 | **return** | past | face | | | | | home, therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/32/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/)