--- title: "What! is he going to propose to me?" said the scissors, and she bec… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "What! is he going to propose to me?" said the scissors, and she became so angry that she cut too sharply into the shirt collar, and it was obliged to be thrown by as useless. Who acts: scissors, human. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Shirt-collar. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (scissors, human), 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:pg27200:168:32 # text = "What! is he going to propose to me?" said the scissors, and she became so angry that she cut too sharply into the shirt collar, and it was obliged to be thrown by as useless. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 sharply sharply ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 38 obl _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **propose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | the scissors *= scissors* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the scissors | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **become** | past | human | | | | | angry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **cut** | past | human | | | | | into the shirt collar; sharply *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into collar=Patient | | 6 | **oblige** | past · passive | | estate | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **throw by** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | as useless | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/168/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/168/33/) - ↑ back to [The Shirt-collar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/168/)