--- title: In the window-sill stood a myrtle in a pot, and this had been pushed… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the window-sill stood a myrtle in a pot, and this had been pushed a little on one side, that it might not fall out; for the old maid was leaning out of the window, that she might see. Who acts: myrtle, old maid, maid. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Bottle Neck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (myrtle, old maid, maid), 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:pg27200:13:129 # text = In the window-sill stood a myrtle in a pot, and this had been pushed a little on one side, that it might not fall out; for the old maid was leaning out of the window, that she might see. 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sill sill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 myrtle myrtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | a myrtle | | the window sill | | in a pot | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent myrtle=Theme in sill=Destination | | 2 | **push** | past · perfect · passive | | this | | one side | | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on side=Trajectory | | 3 | **not** **fall out** | might | myrtle | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lean** | past · progressive | the old maid | | | the window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out window=Location | | 5 | **see** | might | maid | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/130/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)