--- title: This tree I shall guard and cherish," she said, "that it may grow la… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: This tree I shall guard and cherish," she said, "that it may grow large by Christmas Eve, and reach from the ground to the ceiling, to be covered and adorned with flaming candles, golden apples, and little figures. Who acts: tree, pot. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Mail-coach Passengers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tree, pot), 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:pg27200:82:86 # text = This tree I shall guard and cherish," she said, "that it may grow large by Christmas Eve, and reach from the ground to the ceiling, to be covered and adorned with flaming candles, golden apples, and little figures. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 cherish cherish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 Eve Eve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 flaming flaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | shall | this tree | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary | | 2 | **cherish** | infinitive | this tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | tree | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **grow** | may | pot | | | | | by Christmas; large *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by christmas=Location | | 5 | **reach** | infinitive | this tree *not said here* | | | the ground | | to the ceiling | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cover** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **adorn** | participle | | | | | | with flaming candles and golden apples | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with candle=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. 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