--- title: It is a beautiful flower," said the woman, and she kissed the red an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It is a beautiful flower," said the woman, and she kissed the red and golden-colored leaves, and while she did so the flower opened, and she could see that it was a real tulip. Who acts: barleycorn, woman, flower. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (barleycorn, woman, flower), 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:pg27200:79:7 # text = It is a beautiful flower," said the woman, and she kissed the red and golden-colored leaves, and while she did so the flower opened, and she could see that it was a real tulip. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 16 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 tulip tulip NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | barleycorn | a beautiful flower | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kiss** *in a quote* | past | woman | the red colored leaves | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Co-Agent | | 4 | **color** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | woman | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **open** *in a quote* | past | the flower | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | could | flower | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | barleycorn | a real tulip | | | | | tree rules | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/8/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)