--- title: The dog-chain used to reach in those days quite over the gateway; th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The dog-chain used to reach in those days quite over the gateway; through the tower one went into a paved passage which led to the rooms; the windows were narrow, and the panes were small, even in the great hall where the dancing used to be; but in the time of the last Grubbe, there had been no danc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/14/) [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/) / [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/) / 14 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family, sentence 14 The dog-chain used to reach in those days quite over the gateway; through the tower one went into a paved passage which led to the rooms; the windows were narrow, and the panes were small, even in the great hall where the dancing used to be; but in the time of the last Grubbe, there had been no dancing in the hall within the memory of man, although an old drum still lay there that had served as part of the music. **Who acts:** dog chain, paved passage, windows, panes, dancing, old drum · **What happens:** use, reach, go, pave, lead, be · **To what, where:** dog chain, gateway, paved passage, great hall, dancing, hall This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog chain, paved passage, windows, panes), 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:pg27200:149:14 # text = The dog-chain used to reach in those days quite over the gateway; through the tower one went into a paved passage which led to the rooms; the windows were narrow, and the panes were small, even in the great hall where the dancing used to be; but in the time of the last Grubbe, there had been no dancing in the hall within the memory of man, although an old drum still lay there that had served as part of the music. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 5 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 quite quite ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 gateway gateway NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 flat _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 paved pave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 panes pane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 even even ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 Grubbe Grubbe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 63 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 65 expl _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 67 cop _ _ 66 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 67 det _ _ 67 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 within within ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 77 although although SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 78 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nsubj _ _ 81 still still ADV RB _ 82 advmod _ _ 82 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 83 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 82 advmod _ _ 84 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 86 nsubj _ _ 85 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 86 aux _ _ 86 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 82 ccomp _ _ 87 as as ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 88 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obl _ _ 89 of of ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | the dog chain *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | | | | the gateway | day | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent over gateway=Path | | 3 | **go** | past | the dog chain | | | a paved passage | | within the memory of man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into passage=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **pave** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lead** | past | a paved passage | | | | | to the rooms | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to room=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | the windows | | | | | narrow *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | the panes | | | the great hall | | small *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **use** | past | the dancing | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **be** | to-infinitive | the dancing *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is a** | participle | | no dancing | | the hall | | | tree rules | | 11 | **lie** | past | a old drum | | | there | still | | tree rules | | 12 | **serve** | past · perfect | that | | | | | as part of the music | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as part=Attribute | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/15/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)