--- title: He touched the walls, which opened wide apart, and she saw the organ… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He touched the walls, which opened wide apart, and she saw the organ which was pealing forth; she saw the pictures of the old pastors and their wives, and the congregation sitting in the polished chairs and singing from their hymn-books. Who acts: God, walls, branch, organ. 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C. Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (God, walls, branch, organ), 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:pg27200:154:97 # text = He touched the walls, which opened wide apart, and she saw the organ which was pealing forth; she saw the pictures of the old pastors and their wives, and the congregation sitting in the polished chairs and singing from their hymn-books. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 wide wide ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 apart apart ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 pealing peal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 pastors pastor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 36 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 40 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 conj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | God | the walls | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme | | 2 | **open** | past | the walls | | | | | apart *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | branch | the organ | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer organ=Stimulus | | 4 | **peal** | past · progressive | the organ | | | | | forth *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | branch | the pictures of the old pastors and pictures's wives | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus | | 6 | **sit** | gerund | the congregation *not said here* | | | the polished chairs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 7 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the congregation *not said here* | | | pictures's hymn books | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/98/) - ↑ back to [The Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/)