--- title: The seven tiers of boxes, which reached from the ground to a dizzy h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The seven tiers of boxes, which reached from the ground to a dizzy height, near the ceiling, were hung with rich, silken curtains; and in them were seated elegantly-dressed ladies, with bouquets of flowers in their hands. Who acts: seven tiers. 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C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seven tiers), 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:pg27200:203:105 # text = The seven tiers of boxes, which reached from the ground to a dizzy height, near the ceiling, were hung with rich, silken curtains; and in them were seated elegantly-dressed ladies, with bouquets of flowers in their hands. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 tiers tier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 dizzy dizzy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 near near ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 34 elegantly elegantly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 bouquets bouquet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the seven tiers of boxes | | | the ground | | to a dizzy height and the ceiling | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hang** | past · passive | the seven tiers of boxes *not said here* | | | | | with rich silken curtains | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» | | 3 | **seat** | past · passive | the seven tiers of boxes *not said here* | dressed ladies | | tiers's hands | | in tiers *= tier*; with bouquets of flowers | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: lady=Value in they=Location | | 4 | **dress** | participle | | | | | | elegantly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/106/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/)