--- title: The sand was banked up the walls, half covering the windows, but it… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The sand was banked up the walls, half covering the windows, but it had been cleared away in front of the door, and the entrance was free and easy to open, so Jurgen went into the church. Who acts: walls, entrance, Jurgen. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (walls, entrance, Jurgen), 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:pg27200:162:104 # text = The sand was banked up the walls, half covering the windows, but it had been cleared away in front of the door, and the entrance was free and easy to open, so Jurgen went into the church. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 banked bank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 7 conj _ _ 10 covering cover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 cleared clear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bank up** | past · passive | | the sand | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cover** | gerund | the walls and half *not said here* | the windows | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme window=Destination | | 3 | **clear away** | past · perfect · passive | | sand | | front of the door | | away *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 4 | **is** | past | the entrance | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | the entrance *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **open** | to-infinitive | the entrance *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Jurgen | | | the church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into church=Initial\_Location | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/162/103/) - next →: [A Story From the Sand-hills,…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/163/1/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/162/)