Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 3

Palms, beech-trees, pines, plane-trees, and various other kinds, which are found in all parts of the world, were here like small branches, shooting forth from the great tree; while the larger boughs, with their knots and curves, formed valleys and hills, clothed with velvety green and covered with flowers.

Who acts: Palms · What happens: find, be, shoot, form, clothe, cover · To what, where: various other kinds, parts, great tree

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Palms), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 here	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trees	punct
3	beech	beech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trees	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 beech	punct
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Palms	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pines	punct
7	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Palms	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trees	punct
9	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trees	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 plane	punct
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Palms	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kinds	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 kinds	cc
14	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 kinds	amod
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 kinds	amod
16	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Palms	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 found	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 found	nsubj:pass
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 found	aux:pass
20	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 kinds	acl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 parts	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 parts	det
23	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 found	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 world	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 world	det
26	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 parts	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Palms	punct
28	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 here	cop
29	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
30	like	like	ADP	_	32 branches	case
31	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 branches	amod
32	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 here	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 shooting	punct
34	shooting	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	29 here	conj
35	forth	forth	ADV	_	34 shooting	advmod
36	from	from	ADP	_	39 tree	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 tree	det
38	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 tree	amod
39	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 shooting	obl
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 boughs	punct
41	while	while	SCONJ	_	44 boughs	mark
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 boughs	det
43	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	44 boughs	amod
44	boughs	bough	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 here	parataxis
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 knots	punct
46	with	with	ADP	_	48 knots	case
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 knots	nmod:poss
48	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 boughs	conj
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 curves	cc
50	curves	curve	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 boughs	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 valleys	punct
52	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 valleys	amod
53	valleys	valley	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 boughs	conj
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 hills	cc
55	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 valleys	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 clothed	punct
57	clothed	clothe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 boughs	conj
58	with	with	SCONJ	_	60 green	mark
59	velvety	velvety	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 green	amod
60	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 clothed	xcomp
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 covered	cc
62	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 green	conj
63	with	with	ADP	_	64 flowers	case
64	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 covered	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 here	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		various other kinds	all parts of the world		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is	past	Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds			like small branches; here property	tree rules
3	shoot	gerund	Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds not said here		the great tree	forth property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from tree=Initial_Location
4	form	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	clothe	participle	Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds not said here			green property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	cover	participle	Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds not said here			with flowers	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=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: «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.

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