--- title: Hot iron and cold iron alike take the skin from our lips, and we fee… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Hot iron and cold iron alike take the skin from our lips, and we feel the same sensation if we kiss either; and Anthony's kiss was now the kiss of hatred, as it had once been the kiss of love. Who acts: Hot iron, we, kiss, Anthony. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hot iron, we, kiss, Anthony), 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:pg27200:128:127 # text = Hot iron and cold iron alike take the skin from our lips, and we feel the same sensation if we kiss either; and Anthony's kiss was now the kiss of hatred, as it had once been the kiss of love. 1 Hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 alike alike ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 sensation sensation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 kiss kiss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 Anthony Anthony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 hatred hatred NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 40 advmod _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | infinitive | Hot iron and cold iron | the skin | | our lips | | alike *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent skin=Theme from lip=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **feel** | present | we | the same sensation | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensation=Theme | | 3 | **kiss** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | either *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | Anthony's kiss | the kiss and the kiss | | | now | of hatred | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | participle | Anthony's kiss *not said here* | the kiss | | | | of love | tree rules | | 6 | **kiss** | | Anthony | | | | | | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=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. 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