--- title: It seemed to the lamp as if the whole world had turned round; but af… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It seemed to the lamp as if the whole world had turned round; but after a while the old watchman looked at the lamp, and spoke of what they had both gone through together,--in rain and in fog; during the short bright nights of summer, or in the long winter nights, through the drifting snow-storms, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/90/) [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 Street Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/) / 90 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Street Lamp, sentence 90 It seemed to the lamp as if the whole world had turned round; but after a while the old watchman looked at the lamp, and spoke of what they had both gone through together,--in rain and in fog; during the short bright nights of summer, or in the long winter nights, through the drifting snow-storms, when he longed to be at home in the cellar. **Who acts:** It, whole world, old watchman, clock, short bright nights · **What happens:** seem, turn round, look, speak, go, drift · **To what, where:** rain, cellar, home · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Street Lamp. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, whole world, old watchman, clock), 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:pg27200:133:90 # text = It seemed to the lamp as if the whole world had turned round; but after a while the old watchman looked at the lamp, and spoke of what they had both gone through together,--in rain and in fog; during the short bright nights of summer, or in the long winter nights, through the drifting snow-storms, when he longed to be at home in the cellar. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 13 round round ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 watchman watchman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 both both ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 through through ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 together together ADV RB _ 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 during during ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 56 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 57 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 through through ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 62 drifting drift VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 65 amod _ _ 63 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 69 advmod _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 71 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 73 cop _ _ 72 at at ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 advcl _ _ 74 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | It | | | | | to the lamp | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **turn round** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the whole world | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | the old watchman | | | | while | at the lamp | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lamp=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | | rain and fog | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | past · perfect | clock | | | | | both *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through together=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **drift** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **long** | past | the short bright nights of summer or the long winter nights and the drifting snow storms | | | the cellar | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | the short bright nights of summer or the long winter nights and the drifting snow storms *not said here* | | | home | | | tree rules | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/91/) - ↑ back to [The Old Street Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/)