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title: They came to a hut built of the bark of trees and branches; a large… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: They came to a hut built of the bark of trees and branches; a large crab-apple tree spread its branches over it, as if it intended to pour all its fruit on the roof, upon which roses were blooming; the long boughs covered the gable, where a little bell was hanging. Who acts: rocks, large apple tree,
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 38

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They came to a hut built of the bark of trees and branches; a large crab-apple tree spread its branches over it, as if it intended to pour all its fruit on the roof, upon which roses were blooming; the long boughs covered the gable, where a little bell was hanging.

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**Who acts:** rocks, large apple tree, bark, roses, long boughs, little bell · **What happens:** come, build, spread, intend, pour, bloom · **To what, where:** hut, branches, bark, fruit, roof, gable

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rocks, large apple tree, bark, roses), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:9:38
# text = They came to a hut built of the bark of trees and branches; a large crab-apple tree spread its branches over it, as if it intended to pour all its fruit on the roof, upon which roses were blooming; the long boughs covered the gable, where a little bell was hanging.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
16	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
17	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
22	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
24	over	over	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	pour	pour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	det:predet	_	_
34	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	on	on	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
41	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	42	det	_	_
42	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nsubj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	blooming	bloom	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	boughs	bough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	_	_
49	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	gable	gable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
53	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	58	advmod	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nsubj	_	_
57	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | rocks *= rock* |  |  | a hut |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hut=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **build** | participle |  | a hut *not said here* |  |  |  | of the bark of trees and branches | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **spread** | past | a large apple tree | bark's branches |  | bark |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent branch=Theme over it=Destination |
| 4 | **intend** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | bark |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **pour** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | bark *not said here* | bark's fruit |  | the roof |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 6 | **bloom** | past · progressive | which roses |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **cover** | past | the long boughs | the gable |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gable=Destination |
| 8 | **hang** | past · progressive | a little bell |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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