--- title: It is seen on the blooming cheeks of my sweet child, when it express… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It is seen on the blooming cheeks of my sweet child, when it expresses the pure and holy love of infancy; when refreshed by sleep it opens its eyes, and smiles upon me with childlike affection." Who acts: memory. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Loveliest Rose in the World. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (memory), 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:pg27200:81:19 # text = It is seen on the blooming cheeks of my sweet child, when it expresses the pure and holy love of infancy; when refreshed by sleep it opens its eyes, and smiles upon me with childlike affection." 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 blooming bloom VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 expresses express VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 infancy infancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 25 refreshed refresh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 smiles smile VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 childlike childlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · passive | | memory | | the blooming cheeks of my sweet child | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **bloom** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **express** | present | memory | the pure love of infancy | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme love=Reflexive | | 4 | **refresh** | participle | | | | | | by sleep | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **open** | present | memory | memory's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 6 | **smile** | present | memory *not said here* | | | | | upon me; with childlike affection | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **love** | | | infancy | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=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. 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