--- title: And the tree looked at all the splendour and freshness of the flower… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the tree looked at all the splendour and freshness of the flowers in the garden, and then looked at itself, and wished that it had been left lying in the dark corner of the lumber-room; it thought of its fresh youth in the wood, of the merry Christmas Eve, and of the little mice who had listened --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/6/) [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/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/) / 6 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 6 And the tree looked at all the splendour and freshness of the flowers in the garden, and then looked at itself, and wished that it had been left lying in the dark corner of the lumber-room; it thought of its fresh youth in the wood, of the merry Christmas Eve, and of the little mice who had listened so happily to the story of Humpty Dumpty. **Who acts:** tree, garden, merry Christmas Eve · **What happens:** look, wish, leave, lie, think, listen · **To what, where:** garden, dark corner, merry Christmas Eve · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tree, garden, merry Christmas Eve), 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:pg5615:12:6 # text = And the tree looked at all the splendour and freshness of the flowers in the garden, and then looked at itself, and wished that it had been left lying in the dark corner of the lumber-room; it thought of its fresh youth in the wood, of the merry Christmas Eve, and of the little mice who had listened so happily to the story of Humpty Dumpty. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 freshness freshness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 31 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 lumber lumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Eve Eve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ _ 63 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 acl:relcl _ _ 66 so so ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 happily happily ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 Humpty Humpty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 Dumpty Dumpty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the tree | | | | | at all splendour and freshness of the flowers in the garden | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at splendour=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | the tree *not said here* | | | | then | at garden | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at itself=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | past | the tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | garden | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lie** | gerund | garden *not said here* | | | the dark corner of the lumber room | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | garden | the merry Christmas Eve | | | | of garden's fresh youth in the wood | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot eve=Theme | | 7 | **listen** | past · perfect | the merry Christmas Eve | | | | | of the little mice; happily *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of mouse=Theme | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/7/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/)