--- title: The yard opened on a garden full of flowers; the roses were so fresh… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The yard opened on a garden full of flowers; the roses were so fresh and sweet, hanging over a little trellis, the lime-trees were in blossom, and the swallows flew about, saying: ‘Quirre-virre-vil, my husband has come home;’ but it was not the fir-tree they meant. 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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 (yard, lime trees, swallows, Quirre), 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:pg5615:11:164 # text = The yard opened on a garden full of flowers; the roses were so fresh and sweet, hanging over a little trellis, the lime-trees were in blossom, and the swallows flew about, saying: ‘Quirre-virre-vil, my husband has come home;’ but it was not the fir-tree they meant. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 trellis trellis NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 swallows swallow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Quirre Quirre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 virre virre NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 vil vil NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 parataxis _ _ 52 home home ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 55 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 60 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | participle | | the yard *not said here* | | a garden | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on garden=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the yard | | | | | fresh *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the yard *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hang** | gerund | | | | a little trellis and blossom | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over trellis=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | the lime trees | | | blossom | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fly** | past | the swallows | | | | | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the swallows *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **vil** | | Quirre | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come** | present · perfect | my husband | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **is a** | past | yard | the fir tree | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **mean** | past | the fir tree | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/163/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/)