--- title: The wind whistled in his ears, he heard the church door creak on its… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The wind whistled in his ears, he heard the church door creak on its hinges as it closed, and it seemed to him as if he had lost his senses--then a cold shudder passed over him, and he awoke. Who acts: wind, creak, it, cold shudder. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Metal Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wind, creak, it, cold shudder), 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:pg27200:89:55 # text = The wind whistled in his ears, he heard the church door creak on its hinges as it closed, and it seemed to him as if he had lost his senses--then a cold shudder passed over him, and he awoke. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 creak creak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hinges hinge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 xcomp _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whistle** | past | the wind | | | | | in wind's ears | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ear=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | wind | the church door creak | | creak's hinges | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer creak=Stimulus | | 3 | **close** | past | creak | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **seem** | past | it | | wind | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | wind | wind's senses | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sens=Eventuality | | 6 | **pass** | past | a cold shudder | | | | then | over wind | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over he=Location | | 7 | **awake** | past | shudder | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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