--- title: He thought of the blazing furnace in the factory, where he had been… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He thought of the blazing furnace in the factory, where he had been blown into life; he remembered how hot it felt when he was placed in the heated oven, the home from which he sprang, and that he had a strong inclination to leap out again directly; but after a while it became cooler, and he found h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/15/) [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/) / [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/) / 15 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bottle Neck, sentence 15 He thought of the blazing furnace in the factory, where he had been blown into life; he remembered how hot it felt when he was placed in the heated oven, the home from which he sprang, and that he had a strong inclination to leap out again directly; but after a while it became cooler, and he found himself very comfortable. **Who acts:** neck, it, inclination · **What happens:** think, blow, remember, feel, place, heat · **To what, where:** neck, life, heated oven, home, strong inclination · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (neck, it, inclination), 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:pg27200:13:15 # text = He thought of the blazing furnace in the factory, where he had been blown into life; he remembered how hot it felt when he was placed in the heated oven, the home from which he sprang, and that he had a strong inclination to leap out again directly; but after a while it became cooler, and he found himself very comfortable. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 blazing blazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 factory factory NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 22 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 heated heat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 inclination inclination NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 leap leap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 directly directly ADV RB _ 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 after after ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 60 cooler cool ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 59 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 65 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 64 obj _ _ 66 very very ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | neck | | | | | of the blazing furnace in the factory | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **blow** | past · perfect · passive | | neck | | life | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into life=Product | | 3 | **remember** | past | neck | | | | | hot *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **feel** | past | it | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **place** | past · passive | | neck | | the heated oven | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in oven=Destination | | 6 | **heat** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **spring** | past | neck | | | the home | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from which=Trajectory | | 8 | **have** | past | neck | a strong inclination | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inclination=Patient | | 9 | **leap out** | to-infinitive | neck *not said here* | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **become** | past | inclination | | | | while | cool *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **find** | past | neck | neck | | | | comfortable *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/16/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)