--- title: But he walked on undaunted, deeper and deeper into the wood, where t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But he walked on undaunted, deeper and deeper into the wood, where the most wonderful flowers were growing; there were standing white star lilies with blood-red stamens, sky-blue tulips shining when the wind moved them; apple-trees covered with apples like large glittering soap bubbles: only think h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/) / 56 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 56 But he walked on undaunted, deeper and deeper into the wood, where the most wonderful flowers were growing; there were standing white star lilies with blood-red stamens, sky-blue tulips shining when the wind moved them; apple-trees covered with apples like large glittering soap bubbles: only think how resplendent these trees were in the sunshine! **Who acts:** son, wonderful flowers, sky blue tulips, wind · **What happens:** walk, grow, be, stand, shine, move · **To what, where:** apple trees, undaunted, white star lilies, lilies, sunshine 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 (son, wonderful flowers, sky blue tulips, wind), 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:pg27200:9:56 # text = But he walked on undaunted, deeper and deeper into the wood, where the most wonderful flowers were growing; there were standing white star lilies with blood-red stamens, sky-blue tulips shining when the wind moved them; apple-trees covered with apples like large glittering soap bubbles: only think how resplendent these trees were in the sunshine! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 undaunted undaunted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 17 advmod _ _ 17 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ _ 25 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 stamens stamen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 tulips tulip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 38 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 48 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 51 like like ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 53 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 amod _ _ 54 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 : : PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 57 only only ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 59 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 60 advmod _ _ 60 resplendent resplendent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ _ 61 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 62 det _ _ 62 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 63 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | son | apple trees | | undaunted | | into the wood *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result | | 2 | **grow** | past · progressive | the wonderful flowers | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | son *not said here* | | | there | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | son *not said here* | white star lilies | | | | with blood red stamens and sky blue tulips | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lily=Stimulus | | 5 | **shine** | gerund | sky blue tulips *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **move** | past | the wind | lilies *= lily* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **cover** | participle | | apple trees *not said here* | | | | with apples like large glittering soap bubbles | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with apple=Theme | | 8 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | resplendent *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **be** | past | | | | the sunshine | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/57/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)