--- title: And that is the life drama that passes before the old maid while she… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And that is the life drama that passes before the old maid while she looks out upon the rampart, the green, sunny rampart, where the children, with their red cheeks and bare shoeless feet, are rejoicing merrily, like the other free little birds. Who acts: that, life drama, maid, children. 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C. Andersen, By the Almshouse Window. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, life drama, maid, children), 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:pg27200:3:31 # text = And that is the life drama that passes before the old maid while she looks out upon the rampart, the green, sunny rampart, where the children, with their red cheeks and bare shoeless feet, are rejoicing merrily, like the other free little birds. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 drama drama NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rampart rampart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 rampart rampart NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 appos _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 shoeless shoeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 42 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 46 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 47 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | the life drama | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | present | the life drama | | | | before the old maid | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before maid=Location | | 3 | **look out** | present | maid | | | | | upon the rampart | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rejoice** | present · progressive | the children | | | | | like the other free little birds; merrily *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/30/) - next →: [The Angel, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/4/1/) - ↑ back to [By the Almshouse Window](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/)