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title: In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the even… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the evening, when the sun was setting, and his last rays gave a golden tint to the chimney-pots, a strange noise which resembled the sound of a church bell; it only lasted an instant, for it was lost in the continual roar of traffic and hum
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 1

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In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the evening, when the sun was setting, and his last rays gave a golden tint to the chimney-pots, a strange noise which resembled the sound of a church bell; it only lasted an instant, for it was lost in the continual roar of traffic and hum of voices which rose from the town. "

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**Who acts:** people, sun, last rays, strange noise, sound, hum · **What happens:** hear, set, give, resemble, last, lose · **To what, where:** large town, golden tint, chimney pots, sound, instant, continual roar

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, sun, last rays, strange noise), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:9:1
# text = In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the evening, when the sun was setting, and his last rays gave a golden tint to the chimney-pots, a strange noise which resembled the sound of a church bell; it only lasted an instant, for it was lost in the continual roar of traffic and hum of voices which rose from the town. "
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
26	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	tint	tint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
32	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
39	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	40	nsubj	_	_
40	resembled	resemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	acl:relcl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	_
46	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	only	only	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
51	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	instant	instant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
55	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj:pass	_	_
56	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux:pass	_	_
57	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	conj	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	continual	continual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
65	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nmod	_	_
68	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	69	nsubj	_	_
69	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	65	acl:relcl	_	_
70	from	from	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
74	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | people | a large town *not said here* |  |  | evening | often *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer town=Stimulus |
| 2 | **set** | past · progressive | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **give** | past | sun's last rays | a golden tint | the chimney pots and a strange noise |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tint=Theme to pot=Recipient |
| 4 | **resemble** | past | a strange noise | the sound of a church bell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **last** | past | sound | a instant |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme instant=Value |
| 6 | **lose** | past · passive |  | sound |  | the continual roar of traffic and hum of voices |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 7 | **rise** | past | hum of voices |  |  | the town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from town=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **ray** |  | sun |  |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **roar** |  | traffic |  |  |  |  |  | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 10 | **hum** |  | voices |  |  |  |  |  | nom hum «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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