Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother, sentence 65

The little elder-tree mother had suddenly become a charming young girl, but her dress was still of the same green material, covered with white blossoms, as the elder-tree mother had worn; she had a real elder blossom on her bosom, and a wreath of the same flowers was wound round her curly golden hair; her eyes were so large and so blue that it was wonderful to look at them.

Who acts: little tree mother, dress, mother, eyes, wreath · What happens: become, be, cover, wear, have, woun · To what, where: charming young girl, same green material, tree mother, real elder blossom, bosom, wreath

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little tree mother, dress, mother, eyes), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mother	amod
3	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 elder	punct
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mother	compound
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
8	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	9 become	advmod
9	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 girl	det
11	charming	charming	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 girl	compound
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 girl	amod
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 material	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 material	cc
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 dress	nmod:poss
17	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 material	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 material	cop
19	still	still	ADV	_	24 material	advmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	24 material	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 material	det
22	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 material	amod
23	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 material	amod
24	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	parataxis
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 covered	punct
26	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 material	acl
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 blossoms	case
28	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 blossoms	amod
29	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 covered	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 worn	punct
31	as	as	SCONJ	_	38 worn	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 mother	det
33	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 tree	compound
34	-	-	PUNCT	_	33 elder	punct
35	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 mother	compound
36	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 worn	nsubj:pass
37	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 worn	aux
38	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 covered	conj
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 had	punct
40	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 had	nsubj
41	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 become	parataxis
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 blossom	det
43	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 blossom	amod
44	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 blossom	amod
45	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 had	obj
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 bosom	case
47	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 bosom	nmod:poss
48	bosom	bosom	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 blossom	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 wound	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 wound	cc
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 wreath	det
52	wreath	wreath	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 wound	nsubj:pass
53	of	of	ADP	_	56 flowers	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 flowers	det
55	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 flowers	amod
56	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 wreath	nmod
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 wound	aux:pass
58	wound	woun	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 had	conj
59	round	round	ADP	_	63 hair	case
60	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 hair	nmod:poss
61	curly	curly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 hair	amod
62	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 hair	amod
63	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 wound	obl
64	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 large	punct
65	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 eyes	nmod:poss
66	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 large	nsubj
67	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 large	cop
68	so	so	ADV	_	69 large	advmod
69	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 become	parataxis
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 blue	cc
71	so	so	ADV	_	72 blue	advmod
72	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 large	conj
73	that	that	SCONJ	_	76 wonderful	mark
74	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 wonderful	nsubj
75	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 wonderful	cop
76	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 blue	parataxis
77	to	to	PART	_	78 look	mark
78	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 wonderful	advcl
79	at	at	ADP	_	80 them	case
80	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 look	obl
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the little tree mother	a charming young girl			suddenly property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	mother's dress			still	of the same green material	tree rules
3	cover	participle		the same green material not said here			with white blossoms	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blossom=Theme
4	wear	past · perfect · passive		the tree mother				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
5	have	past	mother	a real elder blossom	mother's bosom			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blossom=Patient
6	woun	past · passive		a wreath of the same flowers			round mother's curly golden hair	tree rules
7	is	past	mother's eyes				large property	tree rules
8	be		mother's eyes not said here					tree rules
9	is	past	wreath				wonderful property	tree rules
10	look	to-infinitive	wreath not said here				at blossoms = blossom	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme
11	bosom		mother					nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=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: «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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