--- title: He read, "Greater love hath no man than this," and as he read a rose… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He read, "Greater love hath no man than this," and as he read a roseate hue spread over the cheeks of the queen, and her eyes became so enlightened and clear, that she saw from the leaves of the book a lovely rose spring forth, a type of Him who shed His blood on the cross. 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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 (child, Greater love, roseate hue, eyes), 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:pg27200:81:37 # text = He read, "Greater love hath no man than this," and as he read a roseate hue spread over the cheeks of the queen, and her eyes became so enlightened and clear, that she saw from the leaves of the book a lovely rose spring forth, a type of Him who shed His blood on the cross. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 roseate roseate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hue hue NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 enlightened enlighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 xcomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 forth forth ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 type type NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nmod _ _ 57 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 58 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past | child | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Greater love | no man | | | | than this | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 3 | **read** | past | child | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **spread** | past | a roseate hue | | | the cheeks of the queen | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over cheek=Location | | 5 | **become** | past | hue's eyes | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **enlighten** | participle | hue's eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **see** | past | hue | | | the leaves of the book | spring | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **shed** | past | a type of child | child's blood | | the cross | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location blood=Source | | 9 | **type** | | | child | | | | | nom type «cognition 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. 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/81/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/81/38/) - ↑ back to [The Loveliest Rose in the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/81/)