--- title: At last the storm abated, and a narrow path was swept clean in front… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At last the storm abated, and a narrow path was swept clean in front of the houses; when two persons met in this path they stood still, for neither liked to take the first step on one side into the deep snow to let the other pass him. Who acts: two persons, persons, neither, other. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Year. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two persons, persons, neither, other), 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:pg27200:214:6 # text = At last the storm abated, and a narrow path was swept clean in front of the houses; when two persons met in this path they stood still, for neither liked to take the first step on one side into the deep snow to let the other pass him. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 abated abate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 13 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 33 nsubj _ _ 33 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 38 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 obj _ _ 50 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abate** | past | | | | the last storm | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sweep** | past · passive | | a narrow path | | front of the houses | | clean *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in front=Trajectory | | 3 | **meet** | past | two persons | | | this path | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | past | persons *= person* | this path *not said here* | | | still | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus | | 5 | **like** | participle | neither | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | neither *not said here* | the first step | | one side | | into the deep snow | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent step=Theme on side=Destination | | 7 | **let** | to-infinitive | neither *not said here* | the other | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pass** | infinitive | the other *not said here* | snow | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/7/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)