--- title: Round the windows elephants and dromedaries were carved, all from th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Round the windows elephants and dromedaries were carved, all from the old times; but the old Count loved the new time best, and what it brought, whether it came from the first floor, or from the cellar, or from the attic. Who acts: old Count, more. 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C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Count, more), 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:pg27200:147:10 # text = Round the windows elephants and dromedaries were carved, all from the old times; but the old Count loved the new time best, and what it brought, whether it came from the first floor, or from the cellar, or from the attic. 1 Round round ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 dromedaries dromedary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 conj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 amod _ _ 37 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 attic attic NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | past · passive | | elephants and dromedaries | | | | round the windows | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **love** | past | the old Count | best | | | time | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **bring** | past | more | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | more | | | the first floor | | from the cellar or the attic | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from floor=Initial\_Location from cellar=Destination | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/11/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/)