--- title: "Ah, you have good reason to sing," said the bottle neck, which was… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Ah, you have good reason to sing," said the bottle neck, which was looked upon as something very remarkable, because it had been in a balloon; nothing further was known of its history. Who acts: you, bottle neck, something, reason. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Bottle Neck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, bottle neck, something, reason), 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:pg27200:13:145 # text = "Ah, you have good reason to sing," said the bottle neck, which was looked upon as something very remarkable, because it had been in a balloon; nothing further was known of its history. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obl:agent _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 because because SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 further further ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | good reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | good reason *not said here* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bottle neck | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **look** | past · passive | something | the bottle neck | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Attribute | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | reason | | | a balloon | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | past · passive | | nothing | | | | of reason's history; further *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | 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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/146/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)