--- title: In the evening, while the children are seated at the table or in the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening, while the children are seated at the table or in their little chairs, he comes up the stairs very softly, for he walks in his socks, then he opens the doors without the slightest noise, and throws a small quantity of very fine dust in their eyes, just enough to prevent them from keep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/2/) [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/) / [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/) / 2 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god, sentence 2 In the evening, while the children are seated at the table or in their little chairs, he comes up the stairs very softly, for he walks in his socks, then he opens the doors without the slightest noise, and throws a small quantity of very fine dust in their eyes, just enough to prevent them from keeping them open, and so they do not see him. **Who acts:** evening, Oie, children · **What happens:** seat, come up, walk, open, throw, prevent · **To what, where:** children, table, stairs, socks, doors, small quantity This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (evening, Oie, children), 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:pg27200:134:2 # text = In the evening, while the children are seated at the table or in their little chairs, he comes up the stairs very softly, for he walks in his socks, then he opens the doors without the slightest noise, and throws a small quantity of very fine dust in their eyes, just enough to prevent them from keeping them open, and so they do not see him. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 softly softly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 socks sock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 without without ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 slightest slight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 42 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 very very ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 just just ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 enough enough ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 61 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 from from SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 63 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 advcl _ _ 64 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 68 so so ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 69 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 70 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 71 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 72 advmod _ _ 72 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | present · passive | the evening *not said here* | the children | | the table or children's little chairs | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 2 | **come up** | present | Oie | the stairs | | | evening | softly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **walk** | present | Oie | | | Oie's socks | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sock=Trajectory | | 4 | **open** | present | Oie | the doors | | | then | without the slightest noise | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | present | Oie *not said here* | a small quantity of fine dust | | children's eyes | | enough *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme in eye=Destination | | 6 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | Oie *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | | 7 | **keep** | gerund | Oie *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **not** **see** | present · do-support | children *= child* | Oie | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/3/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)