--- title: It was her only comfort to sit in her own little garden, and fling h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was her only comfort to sit in her own little garden, and fling her arm round the beautiful marble statue which was like the prince; but she gave up tending her flowers, and they grew in wild confusion over the paths, twining their long leaves and stems round the branches of the trees, so that th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/32/) [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 Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/) / 32 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2, sentence 32 It was her only comfort to sit in her own little garden, and fling her arm round the beautiful marble statue which was like the prince; but she gave up tending her flowers, and they grew in wild confusion over the paths, twining their long leaves and stems round the branches of the trees, so that the whole place became dark and gloomy. **Who acts:** snow, beautiful marble statue, face, flowers, whole place · **What happens:** be, sit, fling, give up, tend, grow · **To what, where:** only comfort, own little garden, arm, flowers, wild confusion, long leaves This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (snow, beautiful marble statue, face, flowers), 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:pg27200:76:32 # text = It was her only comfort to sit in her own little garden, and fling her arm round the beautiful marble statue which was like the prince; but she gave up tending her flowers, and they grew in wild confusion over the paths, twining their long leaves and stems round the branches of the trees, so that the whole place became dark and gloomy. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 fling fling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 tending tend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 twining twine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 53 round round ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 66 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | snow | face's only comfort | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive | | | | face's own little garden | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location | | 3 | **fling** | infinitive | | face's arm | | | | round the beautiful marble statue | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the beautiful marble statue | | | | | like the prince | tree rules | | 5 | **give up** | past | face | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tend** | gerund | face *not said here* | face's flowers | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 7 | **grow** | past | flowers *= flower* | | | wild confusion | | over the paths | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in confusion=Location | | 8 | **twine** | gerund | flowers *= flower* *not said here* | flowers's long leaves and stems | | the branches of the trees | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme round branch=Destination | | 9 | **become** | past | the whole place | | | | | dark *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/33/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/76/)