--- title: A stable had been turned into a theatre; that is to say, the stable… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A stable had been turned into a theatre; that is to say, the stable had been left standing, and had been turned into private boxes, and all the timber work had been covered with coloured paper. Who acts: that, stable. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Fourth E --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/95/3/) [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/) / [Fourth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/95/) / 3 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Fourth Evening, sentence 3 A stable had been turned into a theatre; that is to say, the stable had been left standing, and had been turned into private boxes, and all the timber work had been covered with coloured paper. **Who acts:** that, stable · **What happens:** turn, be, leave, stand, cover · **To what, where:** stable, theatre, private boxes, timber work · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Fourth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, stable), 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:pg27200:95:3 # text = A stable had been turned into a theatre; that is to say, the stable had been left standing, and had been turned into private boxes, and all the timber work had been covered with coloured paper. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 theatre theatre NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj:outer _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 20 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | | a stable | | a theatre | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into theatre=Trajectory | | 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | the stable | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | the stable *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | | | | private boxes | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: into box=Trajectory | | 6 | **cover** | past · perfect · passive | | all timber work | | | | with coloured paper | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with paper=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. 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/95/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/95/4/) - ↑ back to [Fourth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/95/)