--- title: So Little Claus climbed to the roof of the shed, and while he turned… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: So Little Claus climbed to the roof of the shed, and while he turned himself to get comfortable, he discovered that the wooden shutters, which were closed, did not reach to the tops of the windows of the farmhouse, so that he could see into a room, in which a large table was laid out with wine, roas --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/) / 27 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 27 So Little Claus climbed to the roof of the shed, and while he turned himself to get comfortable, he discovered that the wooden shutters, which were closed, did not reach to the tops of the windows of the farmhouse, so that he could see into a room, in which a large table was laid out with wine, roast meat, and a splendid fish. **Who acts:** Little Claus, Claus · **What happens:** climb, turn, get, discover, close, not reach · **To what, where:** splendid fish, roof, Claus, wooden shutters, room, large table This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Little Claus, Claus), 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:pg27200:71:27 # text = So Little Claus climbed to the roof of the shed, and while he turned himself to get comfortable, he discovered that the wooden shutters, which were closed, did not reach to the tops of the windows of the farmhouse, so that he could see into a room, in which a large table was laid out with wine, roast meat, and a splendid fish. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Claus Claus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 shutters shutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 reach reach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 farmhouse farmhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 49 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 obl _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 conj _ _ 61 out out ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 compound _ _ 66 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | Little Claus | a splendid fish | | the roof of the shed | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to roof=Destination | | 2 | **turn** | past | Claus | Claus | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | Claus *not said here* | | | | | comfortable *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **discover** | past | Claus | the wooden shutters | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shutter=Topic | | 5 | **close** | past · passive | | the wooden shutters | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **not** **reach** | past · do-support | | | | | | to the tops of the windows of the farmhouse | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | could | Claus | | | a room | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **lay out** | past · passive | | a large table | | | | with wine and roast meat | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/28/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)