--- title: And so it happened that this stone was not cut in two as many others… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And so it happened that this stone was not cut in two as many others had been, but now lies in the courtyard below, a scouring block for the maids, and a playground for the children. Who acts: it, two many others. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Grav --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/36/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Old Grave-stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/) / 36 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Grave-stone, sentence 36 And so it happened that this stone was not cut in two as many others had been, but now lies in the courtyard below, a scouring block for the maids, and a playground for the children. **Who acts:** it, two many others · **What happens:** happen, not cut in, be, lie, scour · **To what, where:** playground, stone, courtyard This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Grave-stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, two many others), 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:pg27200:130:36 # text = And so it happened that this stone was not cut in two as many others had been, but now lies in the courtyard below, a scouring block for the maids, and a playground for the children. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 below below ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 scouring scour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 amod _ _ 29 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 playground playground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | a playground for the children | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **cut in** | past · passive | | this stone | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **be** | past · perfect | two many others | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | present | | | | the courtyard and a scouring block for the maids | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in courtyard=Location | | 5 | **scour** | gerund | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=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:** «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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/37/) - ↑ back to [The Old Grave-stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/)