--- title: They could not find room in the hut, nor endure the smoke that rolle… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They could not find room in the hut, nor endure the smoke that rolled along the ceiling till it found its way out at the low door; so they pitched their tents on a small space outside our dwelling. Who acts: Franks, smoke, hut. 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 (Franks, smoke, hut), 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:pg27200:36:41 # text = They could not find room in the hut, nor endure the smoke that rolled along the ceiling till it found its way out at the low door; so they pitched their tents on a small space outside our dwelling. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 11 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 along along ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 out out ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 pitched pitch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 outside outside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find** | could | Franks *= frank* | room | | the hut | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Topic | | 2 | **endure** | infinitive | Franks *= frank* *not said here* | the smoke | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme smoke=Circumstance | | 3 | **roll** | past | the smoke | | | the ceiling | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along ceiling=Trajectory | | 4 | **find** | past | hut | hut's way | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 5 | **pitch** | past | Franks *= frank* | Franks's tents | | a small space outside our dwelling | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tent=Theme on space=Destination | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/42/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/)