--- title: And as he spoke the word he was again in his home; the long white cu… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And as he spoke the word he was again in his home; the long white curtains hung down from the windows, and in the middle of the floor stood the black coffin; in it he lay in the sleep of death. Who acts: voice, long white curtains, death. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (voice, long white curtains, death), 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:pg1597:9:112 # text = And as he spoke the word he was again in his home; the long white curtains hung down from the windows, and in the middle of the floor stood the black coffin; in it he lay in the sleep of death. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | voice | the word | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | voice | the word *not said here* | | voice's home | again | | tree rules | | 3 | **hang down** | past | the long white curtains | | | the windows | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | past | the long white curtains *not said here* | the black coffin | | the middle of the floor | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme in middle=Destination | | 5 | **lie** | past | voice | | | coffin | | in the sleep of death | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in it=Location | | 6 | **sleep** | | death | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: of=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:** «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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/113/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/)