--- title: One house only, which was just opposite to the one in which the fore… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One house only, which was just opposite to the one in which the foreign learned man lived, formed a contrast to all this, for it was quite still; and yet somebody dwelt there, for flowers stood in the balcony, blooming beautifully in the hot sun; and this could not have been unless they had been wat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/15/) [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/) / [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/) / 15 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Shadow, sentence 15 One house only, which was just opposite to the one in which the foreign learned man lived, formed a contrast to all this, for it was quite still; and yet somebody dwelt there, for flowers stood in the balcony, blooming beautifully in the hot sun; and this could not have been unless they had been watered carefully. **Who acts:** One house, man, house, somebody, flowers · **What happens:** be, learn, live, form, dwell, stand · **To what, where:** one, contrast, this, balcony, hot sun · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Shadow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One house, man, house, somebody), 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:pg27200:165:15 # text = One house only, which was just opposite to the one in which the foreign learned man lived, formed a contrast to all this, for it was quite still; and yet somebody dwelt there, for flowers stood in the balcony, blooming beautifully in the hot sun; and this could not have been unless they had been watered carefully. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 contrast contrast NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 quite quite ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 yet yet ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 nsubj _ _ 36 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 blooming bloom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 47 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 54 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 57 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 63 aux:pass _ _ 59 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 watered water VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 64 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | One house | | the one | | | opposite *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | past | One house | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **live** | past | man | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **form** | past | One house *not said here* | a contrast | this | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent contrast=Theme to this=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | house | | | | | still *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **dwell** | past | somebody | | | there | yet | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | past | flowers | | | the balcony | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in balcony=Location | | 8 | **bloom** | gerund | flowers *not said here* | | | the hot sun | | beautifully *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location | | 9 | **not** **water** *a condition, not said to happen* | could · perfect · passive | | this | | | | carefully *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/16/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)