--- title: One evening he was lying in bed, but the curtains were not yet drawn… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One evening he was lying in bed, but the curtains were not yet drawn close, and the light streamed in upon him; he had taken his book into bed with him, for he wanted to finish reading the story of Solon. Who acts: truth, light. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (truth, light), 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:pg27200:199:15 # text = One evening he was lying in bed, but the curtains were not yet drawn close, and the light streamed in upon him; he had taken his book into bed with him, for he wanted to finish reading the story of Solon. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 yet yet ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 16 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 streamed stream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 finish finish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Solon Solon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | truth | | | bed | evening | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 2 | **not** **draw** | past · passive | | the curtains | | | yet | close *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **stream** | participle | the light | | | | | in truth | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in he=Location | | 4 | **take** | past · perfect | truth | truth's book | | bed with light | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme into bed=Destination | | 5 | **want** | past | truth | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **finish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | truth *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **read** | gerund | truth *not said here* | the story of Solon | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic | 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/pg27200/199/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/199/16/) - ↑ back to [Two Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/199/)