--- title: The little dwelling in which we lived was of clay, but the door-post… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The little dwelling in which we lived was of clay, but the door-posts were columns of fluted marble, found near the spot on which it stood. Who acts: we, little dwelling, door posts, dwelling. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, little dwelling, door posts, dwelling), 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:pg27200:36:1 # text = The little dwelling in which we lived was of clay, but the door-posts were columns of fluted marble, found near the spot on which it stood. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 posts post NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 columns column NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 fluted flute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 24 near near ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | we | | | the little dwelling | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the little dwelling | | | | | of clay but columns | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | the door posts | columns | | | | of fluted marble | tree rules | | 4 | **flute** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | participle | | clay but columns *not said here* | | the spot | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stand** | past | dwelling | | | the spot | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | 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: [The Flying Trunk, 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/108/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/2/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/)