--- title: I was in the suburb in the Street of Tombs, as they call it, where t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I was in the suburb in the Street of Tombs, as they call it, where the fair monuments stand, in the spot where, ages ago, the merry youths, their temples bound with rosy wreaths, danced with the fair sisters of Lais. Who acts: I, Tombs, fair monuments. 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C. Andersen, Eleventh Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Tombs, fair monuments), 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:pg27200:102:2 # text = I was in the suburb in the Street of Tombs, as they call it, where the fair monuments stand, in the spot where, ages ago, the merry youths, their temples bound with rosy wreaths, danced with the fair sisters of Lais. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 suburb suburb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Street Street PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Tombs tomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 monuments monument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 ago ago ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 parataxis _ _ 37 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 wreaths wreath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Lais Lais PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | the suburb | | in the Street of Tombs | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | present | Tombs *= tomb* | Street | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 3 | **stand** | present | the fair monuments | | | the spot and ages and the merry youths | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in spot=Location | | 4 | **bind** | participle | | monuments's temples *not said here* | | | | with rosy wreaths | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with wreath=Co-Patient | | 5 | **dance** | participle | | monuments's temples *not said here* | | | | with the fair sisters of Lais | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/102/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/102/3/) - ↑ back to [Eleventh Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/102/)