--- title: As if shut up in a cage, I stand among the high houses, which I now… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As if shut up in a cage, I stand among the high houses, which I now know by heart, with their inscriptions, signs, and placards; all the painted confectionery, that is no longer to my taste. Who acts: I, that, Houses. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Dryad, 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 (I, that, Houses), 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:pg27200:25:66 # text = As if shut up in a cage, I stand among the high houses, which I now know by heart, with their inscriptions, signs, and placards; all the painted confectionery, that is no longer to my taste. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 among among ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 inscriptions inscription NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 placards placard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 confectionery confectionery NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 39 no no ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** | participle | I *not said here* | | | a cage | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stand** | present | I | all painted confectionery and my taste | | the high houses | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among house=Location | | 3 | **know** | present | I | the high houses | | | now | by heart; with Houses's inscriptions and signs and placards | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 4 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | that | | | | | to my taste; long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **inscribe** | | Houses *= house* | | | | | | nom inscription «communication transitive»: poss=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. 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