--- title: Round and round the apples of gold, Round and round dance we; Thus d… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Round and round the apples of gold, Round and round dance we; Thus do we dance from the days of old About the enchanted tree; Round, and round, and round we go, While the spring is green, or the stream shall flow, Or the wind shall stir the sea! Who acts: you, Thus, we, spring. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Thus, we, spring), 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:pg503:27:72 # text = Round and round the apples of gold, Round and round dance we; Thus do we dance from the days of old About the enchanted tree; Round, and round, and round we go, While the spring is green, or the stream shall flow, Or the wind shall stir the sea! 1 Round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 round round VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Round Round PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 Thus Thus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 24 About about ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Round Round PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 round round ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 While while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 Or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **round** | imperative | you *not said here* | the apples of gold and Round we and round dance | | | | round *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent apple=Patient | | 2 | **dance** | present · do-support | Thus | | | | day | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **go** | present | we | | | | | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | the spring | | | | | green *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **flow** | shall | the stream | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stir** | shall | the wind | the sea | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sea=Experiencer | 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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/73/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)