--- title: Yes; one morning people came to clear out the garret, the boxes were… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Yes; one morning people came to clear out the garret, the boxes were packed away, and the tree was pulled out of the corner, and thrown roughly on the garret floor; then the servant dragged it out upon the staircase where the daylight shone. " Who acts: morning people, servant, daylight. 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" **Who acts:** morning people, servant, daylight · **What happens:** come, clear out, pack away, pull out, throw, drag out · **To what, where:** garret, boxes, tree, corner, garret floor This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Fir Tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (morning people, servant, daylight), 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:pg27200:33:138 # text = Yes; one morning people came to clear out the garret, the boxes were packed away, and the tree was pulled out of the corner, and thrown roughly on the garret floor; then the servant dragged it out upon the staircase where the daylight shone. " 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 clear clear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 31 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | morning people | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **clear out** | to-infinitive | morning people *not said here* | the garret | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent garret=Source | | 3 | **pack away** | past · passive | | the boxes | | | | away *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **pull out** | past · passive | | the tree | | the corner | | | tree rules | | 5 | **throw** | participle | | | | the garret floor | | roughly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on floor=Destination | | 6 | **drag out** | past | the servant | garret | | | then | upon the staircase | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **shine** | past | the daylight | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/139/) - ↑ back to [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/)