--- title: They had told him its story during the long winter evenings, and now… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They had told him its story during the long winter evenings, and now he saw the stately edifice, with its double moat, and trees and bushes; the wall, covered with ferns, rose within the moat, but the lofty lime-trees were the most beautiful of all; they grew up to the highest windows, and the air w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/66/) [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/) / [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/) / 66 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2, sentence 66 They had told him its story during the long winter evenings, and now he saw the stately edifice, with its double moat, and trees and bushes; the wall, covered with ferns, rose within the moat, but the lofty lime-trees were the most beautiful of all; they grew up to the highest windows, and the air was full of their sweet fragrance. **Who acts:** Jurgen, trees, lofty lime trees, parents, air · **What happens:** tell, see, cover, rise, be, grow up · **To what, where:** parents, Jurgen, stately edifice, wall · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, 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 (Jurgen, trees, lofty lime trees, parents), 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:pg27200:159:66 # text = They had told him its story during the long winter evenings, and now he saw the stately edifice, with its double moat, and trees and bushes; the wall, covered with ferns, rose within the moat, but the lofty lime-trees were the most beautiful of all; they grew up to the highest windows, and the air was full of their sweet fragrance. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 during during ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 evenings evening NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 stately stately ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 edifice edifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 27 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ferns fern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 within within ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 52 advmod _ _ 52 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 62 amod _ _ 62 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 68 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 71 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | parents *= parent* | Jurgen | | evening | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Jurgen | the stately edifice | | | now | with castle's double moat | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer edifice=Stimulus | | 3 | **cover** | participle | | the wall *not said here* | | | | with ferns | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fern=Theme | | 4 | **rise** | past | trees and bushes | | | | | within the moat | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the lofty lime trees | | | | | of all; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **grow up** | past | parents *= parent* | | | | | to the highest windows | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | the air | | | | | of parents's sweet fragrance; full *property* | tree rules | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/67/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/)