--- title: But the house was not yonder; and they wandered still farther, over… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But the house was not yonder; and they wandered still farther, over the dry rustling leaves of the last year, and treading on fallen branches that crackled under their little feet; then they heard a loud, piercing cry, and they stood still to listen. Who acts: house, factory, fallen branches. 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C. Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (house, factory, fallen branches), 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:pg27200:51:39 # text = But the house was not yonder; and they wandered still farther, over the dry rustling leaves of the last year, and treading on fallen branches that crackled under their little feet; then they heard a loud, piercing cry, and they stood still to listen. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 rustling rustling NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 treading tread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 crackled crackle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 under under ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 piercing pierce VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 amod _ _ 43 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 48 still still ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the house | | | | | yonder *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wander** | past | factory | | | the dry rustling leaves of the last year | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over leaf=Trajectory | | 3 | **tread** | gerund | factory *not said here* | | | fallen branches | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on branch=Trajectory | | 4 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **crackle** | past | fallen branches | | | factory's little feet | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under foot=Location | | 6 | **hear** | past | factory | a loud piercing cry | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | | 7 | **pierce** | gerund | | | | | | | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **stand** | past | factory | | | | still | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **listen** | to-infinitive | factory *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/40/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)