--- title: In one of these houses strange things were brewing over the glowing… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In one of these houses strange things were brewing over the glowing coals on the open hearth; there was a boiling going on in glasses, and a mixing and distilling, while herbs were being cut up and pounded in mortars. Who acts: strange things, boiling, mixing. 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C. Andersen, Two Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strange things, boiling, mixing), 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:pg27200:199:2 # text = In one of these houses strange things were brewing over the glowing coals on the open hearth; there was a boiling going on in glasses, and a mixing and distilling, while herbs were being cut up and pounded in mortars. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 brewing brew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 boiling boiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 23 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 24 on on ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mixing mixing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 distilling distil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 pounded pound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 mortars mortar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brew** | past · progressive | strange things | this houses *not said here* | | the glowing coals on the open hearth | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Product | | 2 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | a boiling | | | there | | in one of this houses | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in one=Location | | 4 | **go on** | gerund | a boiling *not said here* | | | glasses | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in glass=Location | | 5 | **distil** | gerund | a mixing *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cut up** | past · passive | | herbs | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **pound** | participle | | | | mortars | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in mortar=Trajectory | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/199/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/199/3/) - ↑ back to [Two Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/199/)