--- title: "Yes, you may sing very well, you have all your limbs uninjured; you… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, you may sing very well, you have all your limbs uninjured; you should feel what it is like to lose your body, and only have a neck and a mouth left, with a cork stuck in it, as I have: you wouldn't sing then, I know. Who acts: you, linnet, neck. 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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, linnet, neck), 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:pg27200:13:6 # text = "Yes, you may sing very well, you have all your limbs uninjured; you should feel what it is like to lose your body, and only have a neck and a mouth left, with a cork stuck in it, as I have: you wouldn't sing then, I know. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 uninjured uninjured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 like like SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 cork cork NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 42 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 52 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 54 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | may | you | | | | | well *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | your limbs | | | | uninjured *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limb=Patient | | 3 | **feel** *in a quote* | should | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | linnet | | | | | lose *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a neck and a mouth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | | a neck and a mouth *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stick** *in a quote* | participle | | a cork *not said here* | | linnet | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in it=Destination | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | neck | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | would | you | | | | then | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 10 | **know** *in a quote* | present | neck | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/7/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)