--- title: Then she sat down and cried, but her tears fell just on the spot whe… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she sat down and cried, but her tears fell just on the spot where a rose bush had sunk, and when her warm tears watered the earth, the bush came up in full bloom just as it had been before. Who acts: many, tears, warm tears, bush. 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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 (many, tears, warm tears, bush), 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:pg5615:9:33 # text = Then she sat down and cried, but her tears fell just on the spot where a rose bush had sunk, and when her warm tears watered the earth, the bush came up in full bloom just as it had been before. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 watered water VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 up up ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 bloom bloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 44 before before ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | many | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | many *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | past | many's tears | | | the spot | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on spot=Location | | 4 | **sink** | past · perfect · passive | | a rose bush | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **water** | past | many's warm tears | the earth | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent earth=Destination | | 6 | **come up** | past | the bush | | | full bloom | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bloom=Location | | 7 | **is** | past · perfect | earth | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/34/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/)