--- title: Very shortly, a fine new house was built farther back from the road;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Very shortly, a fine new house was built farther back from the road; it had lofty windows and smooth walls, but in front, on the spot where the old house really stood, a little garden was planted, and wild vines grew up over the neighboring walls; in front of the garden were large iron railings and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/122/) [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 House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/) / 122 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old House, sentence 122 Very shortly, a fine new house was built farther back from the road; it had lofty windows and smooth walls, but in front, on the spot where the old house really stood, a little garden was planted, and wild vines grew up over the neighboring walls; in front of the garden were large iron railings and a great gate, which looked very stately. **Who acts:** road, old house, wild vines, large iron railings · **What happens:** build, have, stand, plant, grow up, be · **To what, where:** fine new house, road, lofty windows, front, old house, neighboring walls This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» 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 (road, old house, wild vines, large iron railings), 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:pg27200:131:122 # text = Very shortly, a fine new house was built farther back from the road; it had lofty windows and smooth walls, but in front, on the spot where the old house really stood, a little garden was planted, and wild vines grew up over the neighboring walls; in front of the garden were large iron railings and a great gate, which looked very stately. 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 really really ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 vines vine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 over over ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 neighboring neighboring NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 61 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 railings railing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 69 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 70 very very ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 71 stately stately ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past · passive | | a fine new house | | the road | | shortly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from road=Material | | 2 | **have** | past | road | lofty windows and smooth walls | | front | | on the spot | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient | | 3 | **stand** | past | the old house and a little garden *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **plant** | past · passive | | the old house and a little garden | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **grow up** | past | wild vines | | | the neighboring walls | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Location | | 6 | **is a** | past | | large iron railings and a great gate | | front of the garden | | | tree rules | | 7 | **look** | past | large iron railings and a great gate | | | | | stately *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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:** «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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/123/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/)