--- title: The flames of the burning house opposite illuminated him as he sat,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The flames of the burning house opposite illuminated him as he sat, both hands pressed tightly over his cap, in which the treasure lay; and then he found out what feelings really reigned in his heart, and knew exactly which way they tended. Who acts: flames, house, hands, treasure. 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C. Andersen, The Goblin and the Huckster. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flames, house, hands, treasure), 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:pg27200:38:52 # text = The flames of the burning house opposite illuminated him as he sat, both hands pressed tightly over his cap, in which the treasure lay; and then he found out what feelings really reigned in his heart, and knew exactly which way they tended. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 opposite opposite NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 illuminated illuminate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 34 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 really really ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 reigned reign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 43 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 45 det _ _ 45 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 tended tend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **illuminate** | past | the flames of the burning house opposite | | house | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 3 | **sit** | past | house | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **press** | past | both hands | | | house's cap | | tightly *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent over cap=Trajectory | | 5 | **lay** | infinitive | the treasure | | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in which=Destination | | 6 | **find out** | past | house | | | | then | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **reign** | past | feelings | | | house's heart | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | past | | which way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 9 | **tend** | past | hands *= hand* | which way *not said here* | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 10 | **flame** | | the burning house opposite | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=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. 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/53/) - ↑ back to [The Goblin and the Huckster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/)