--- title: Beyond this delightful region there are immense forests, where the b… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Beyond this delightful region there are immense forests, where the branches of the trees entwine round each other, while prickly, creeping plants cover the paths, and only an elephant could force a passage for himself with his great feet. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, 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 (immense forests, branches, prickly creeping plants, elephant), 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:pg27200:84:51 # text = Beyond this delightful region there are immense forests, where the branches of the trees entwine round each other, while prickly, creeping plants cover the paths, and only an elephant could force a passage for himself with his great feet. 1 Beyond beyond ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 entwine entwine VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 round round ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 16 obl _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 prickly prickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 creeping creep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 cover cover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | immense forests | | | this delightful region; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond region=Location | | 2 | **entwine** | present | the branches of the trees | | | | | round each | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **creep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | present | prickly creeping plants | the paths | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Destination | | 5 | **force** | could | a elephant | a passage | | | | for elephant; with elephant's great feet | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Recipient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/52/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)