--- title: The great dog by the yard gate of a nobleman's mansion sits proudly… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The great dog by the yard gate of a nobleman's mansion sits proudly on the top of his kennel when the sun shines, and barks at every one that passes; but if it rains, he creeps into his house, and there he is warm and dry. Who acts: great dog, sun, one, it. 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C. Andersen, Anne Lisbeth. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great dog, sun, one, it), 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:pg27200:5:12 # text = The great dog by the yard gate of a nobleman's mansion sits proudly on the top of his kennel when the sun shines, and barks at every one that passes; but if it rains, he creeps into his house, and there he is warm and dry. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 mansion mansion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of 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 kennel kennel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 barks bark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 rains rain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 creeps creep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | the great dog by the yard gate of a nobleman's mansion | | | the top of dog's kennel | | proudly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location | | 2 | **shine** | present | the sun | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bark** | present | the great dog by the yard gate of a nobleman's mansion *not said here* | | | | | at every one | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at one=Stimulus | | 4 | **pass** | present | every one | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 6 | **creep** | present | sun | | | dog's house | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination | | 7 | **is** | present | sun | | | there | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | sun *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/13/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)