--- title: The date of its erection had been carved on one of the beams, and su… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The date of its erection had been carved on one of the beams, and surrounded by scrolls formed of tulips and hop-tendrils; by this date it could be seen that the old house was nearly three hundred years old. Who acts: date, old house. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (date, old house), 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:pg27200:131:2 # text = The date of its erection had been carved on one of the beams, and surrounded by scrolls formed of tulips and hop-tendrils; by this date it could be seen that the old house was nearly three hundred years old. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 erection erection NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 scrolls scroll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:agent _ _ 19 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 tulips tulip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 hop hop NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 tendrils tendril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 39 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 compound _ _ 41 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | past · perfect · passive | | the date of date's erection | | | | on one of the beams | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on one=Destination | | 2 | **surround** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **form** | participle | | scrolls *not said here* | | | | of tulips and hop tendrils | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | could · passive | this date | date | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | the old house | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **erect** | | date | | | | | | nom erection «state transitive»: poss=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/3/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/)