--- title: When I have done with the balloon I shall burn it, and for this purp… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When I have done with the balloon I shall burn it, and for this purpose, you must give me a few pieces of another invention, which will come next; I mean a few chemical matches." Who acts: I, you, invention. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/157/) [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 Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/) / 157 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 157 When I have done with the balloon I shall burn it, and for this purpose, you must give me a few pieces of another invention, which will come next; I mean a few chemical matches." **Who acts:** I, you, invention · **What happens:** do, burn, give, come, mean · **To what, where:** mind, few pieces, me, few chemical matches This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, invention), 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:pg27200:143:157 # text = When I have done with the balloon I shall burn it, and for this purpose, you must give me a few pieces of another invention, which will come next; I mean a few chemical matches." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 next next ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 chemical chemical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 matches match NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · perfect | I | | | | | with the balloon | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **burn** | shall | I | mind | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **give** | must | you | a few pieces of another invention | me | | | for this purpose | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient piece=Theme for purpose=Asset | | 4 | **come** | future | another invention | | | | | next *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **mean** | present | I | a few chemical matches | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/158/) - ↑ back to [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/)