--- title: In the middle of the wall hung a picture representing a beautiful la… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the middle of the wall hung a picture representing a beautiful lady, so young, so glad, but dressed quite as in former times, with clothes that stood quite stiff, and with powder in her hair; she neither said “thankee, thankee!” nor “cranky, cranky!” but looked with her mild eyes at the little bo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/36/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/) / 36 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, sentence 36 In the middle of the wall hung a picture representing a beautiful lady, so young, so glad, but dressed quite as in former times, with clothes that stood quite stiff, and with powder in her hair; she neither said “thankee, thankee!” nor “cranky, cranky!” but looked with her mild eyes at the little boy, who directly asked the old man, “Where did you get her?” **Who acts:** picture, clothes, article, old man, you · **What happens:** hang, represent, dress, stand, say, look · **To what, where:** picture, middle, beautiful lady, thankee, little boy, article · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (picture, clothes, article, old man), 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:pg1597:19:36 # text = In the middle of the wall hung a picture representing a beautiful lady, so young, so glad, but dressed quite as in former times, with clothes that stood quite stiff, and with powder in her hair; she neither said “thankee, thankee!” nor “cranky, cranky!” but looked with her mild eyes at the little boy, who directly asked the old man, “Where did you get her?” 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 representing represent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 quite quite ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 22 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 quite quite ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 neither neither ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 46 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 thankee thankee NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 thankee thankee NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 52 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 56 cc _ _ 53 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 cranky cranky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 cranky cranky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 63 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 72 obj _ _ 71 directly directly ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 acl:relcl _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 77 “ " PUNCT `` _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 81 advmod _ _ 79 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 80 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 81 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 ccomp _ _ 82 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ? ? PUNCT . _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | | a picture | | the middle of the wall | | with powder in article's hair | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent picture=Patient with powder=Instrument | | 2 | **represent** | gerund | a picture *not said here* | a beautiful lady | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lady=Theme | | 3 | **dress** | past | | | | | time | with clothes | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | past | clothes | | | | | stiff *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | article | thankee and thankee | | | | neither *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thankee=Topic | | 6 | **look** | past | | | | | | with article's mild eyes; at the little boy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at boy=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the old man | the little boy | | | | directly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent who=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | article | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/37/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/)