--- title: And in the midst of the pleasure that was afforded by the mere meeti… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And in the midst of the pleasure that was afforded by the mere meeting of these folks, there shot up out of the great dirt-heap at Amack a stem, a tree, an immense flower, a great mushroom, a perfect roof, which formed a sort of warehouse for the worthy company, for in it hung everything they had gi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/33/) [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/) / [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/) / 33 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Visit, sentence 33 And in the midst of the pleasure that was afforded by the mere meeting of these folks, there shot up out of the great dirt-heap at Amack a stem, a tree, an immense flower, a great mushroom, a perfect roof, which formed a sort of warehouse for the worthy company, for in it hung everything they had given to the world during the Old Year. **Who acts:** mere meeting, perfect roof, sort, stem · **What happens:** afford, shoot up, form, hang, give, sort · **To what, where:** pleasure, midst, sort, everything, world, warehouse This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mere meeting, perfect roof, sort, stem), 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:pg27200:136:33 # text = And in the midst of the pleasure that was afforded by the mere meeting of these folks, there shot up out of the great dirt-heap at Amack a stem, a tree, an immense flower, a great mushroom, a perfect roof, which formed a sort of warehouse for the worthy company, for in it hung everything they had given to the world during the Old Year. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 afforded afford VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Amack Amack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 mushroom mushroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 warehouse warehouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 for for SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 in in SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 64 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 63 obj _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 acl:relcl _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 71 during during ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **afford** | past · passive | the mere meeting of this folks | the pleasure | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shoot up** | participle | | | | the midst of the pleasure; there | | out the great dirt heap at Amack | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **form** | past | a perfect roof | a sort of warehouse | | | | for the worthy company | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sort=Result for company=Beneficiary | | 4 | **hang** | past | sort | everything | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect | stem | | the world | | during the Old Year | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to world=Recipient | | 6 | **sort** | | | warehouse | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/34/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)