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title: And the brass balls on the iron railings shone much brighter than ev… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And the brass balls on the iron railings shone much brighter than ever; one would have thought they were polished on account of the visit; and it was as if the carved-out trumpeters--for there were trumpeters, who stood in tulips, carved out on the door--blew with all their might, their cheeks appea
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, sentence 18

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And the brass balls on the iron railings shone much brighter than ever; one would have thought they were polished on account of the visit; and it was as if the carved-out trumpeters--for there were trumpeters, who stood in tulips, carved out on the door--blew with all their might, their cheeks appeared so much rounder than before.

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**Who acts:** visit, trumpeters, out trumpeters · **What happens:** shine, think, polish, carve, be, stand · **To what, where:** iron railings, brass balls, balls, account, out trumpeters, tulips · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Old House. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (visit, trumpeters, out trumpeters), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg1597:19:18
# text = And the brass balls on the iron railings shone much brighter than ever; one would have thought they were polished on account of the visit; and it was as if the carved-out trumpeters--for there were trumpeters, who stood in tulips, carved out on the door--blew with all their might, their cheeks appeared so much rounder than before.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	railings	railing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	one	one	PRON	PRP	PronType=Ind	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux	_	_
18	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	xcomp	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
31	as	as	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
32	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	trumpeters	trumpeter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	41	expl	_	_
41	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	acl	_	_
42	trumpeters	trumpeter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
45	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	acl:relcl	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	tulips	tulip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	acl	_	_
50	out	out	ADP	RP	_	49	compound:prt	_	_
51	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
56	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
57	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	59	det:predet	_	_
58	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	_
63	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
64	so	so	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	much	much	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	rounder	round	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	63	xcomp	_	_
67	than	than	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	before	before	ADV	RB	_	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | participle |  | the iron railings *not said here* |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | would · perfect · passive |  | the brass balls on the iron railings |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **polish** | past · passive |  | balls *= ball* |  | account of the visit |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
| 4 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | visit |  |  |  |  | as out trumpeters and trumpeters's cheeks | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** | past | trumpeters | out trumpeters and trumpeters's cheeks *not said here* |  | there |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot trumpeter=Theme |
| 7 | **stand** | past | trumpeters |  |  | tulips |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tulip=Location |
| 8 | **carve out** | participle |  | tulips *not said here* |  | the door |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on door=Destination |
| 9 | **blow** | past | visit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 10 | **appear** | past | out trumpeters and trumpeters's cheeks |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **account** |  |  | the visit |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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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