--- title: The boxes were very high, and the children knew they must not climb… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The boxes were very high, and the children knew they must not climb upon them, without permission, but they were often, however, allowed to step out together and sit upon their little stools under the rose-bushes, or play quietly. Who acts: boxes, children. 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C. Andersen, A Little Boy and a Little Girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boxes, children), 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:pg27200:171:9 # text = The boxes were very high, and the children knew they must not climb upon them, without permission, but they were often, however, allowed to step out together and sit upon their little stools under the rose-bushes, or play quietly. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 without without ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 24 often often ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 however however ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 together together ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 stools stool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 47 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the boxes | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | past | the children | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **climb** | must | children *= child* | | | | | upon flowers *= flower*; without permission | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Trajectory | | 4 | **allow** | past · passive | | children *= child* | | | | however, often *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **step out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sit** | present | | | | flowers's little stools under the rose bushes | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon stool=Location | | 7 | **play** | infinitive | | | | | | quietly *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/171/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/171/10/) - ↑ back to [A Little Boy and a Little Girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/171/)