--- title: Then he entered the heart of this man's wife; it was an old, tumble-… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he entered the heart of this man's wife; it was an old, tumble-down pigeon-house; the husband's portrait served as a weather-cock; it was connected with all the doors, which opened and shut just as the husband's decision turned. Who acts: rain, name, portrait, doors. 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C. Andersen, The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rain, name, portrait, doors), 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:pg27200:43:50 # text = Then he entered the heart of this man's wife; it was an old, tumble-down pigeon-house; the husband's portrait served as a weather-cock; it was connected with all the doors, which opened and shut just as the husband's decision turned. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 tumble tumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 down down ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 47 just just ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | rain | the heart of this man's wife | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme heart=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | name | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tumble** | infinitive | name *not said here* | down pigeon house | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location house=Theme | | 4 | **serve** | past | the husband's portrait | | | | | as a weather cock | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as cock=Attribute | | 5 | **connect** | past · passive | | name | | | | with all doors | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with door=Co-Patient | | 6 | **open** | past | all doors | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **turn** | past | the husband's decision | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **portray** | | the husband | | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **decide** | | the husband | | | | | | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=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. 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