--- title: "It is just the reverse of you," said the dog; "it's as black as a c… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "It is just the reverse of you," said the dog; "it's as black as a crow, and has a long neck and a brass knob; it eats firewood, so that fire spurts out of its mouth. Who acts: stove, reverse, fire. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Snow Man. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stove, reverse, fire), 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:pg27200:169:67 # text = "It is just the reverse of you," said the dog; "it's as black as a crow, and has a long neck and a brass knob; it eats firewood, so that fire spurts out of its mouth. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reverse reverse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 knob knob NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 36 firewood firewood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 spurts spurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | stove | the reverse | | | | of you | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the reverse | the dog | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | stove | | | | | as a crow; black *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | a long neck and a brass knob | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | stove | firewood | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient | | 6 | **spurt** *in a quote* | present | that fire | | | stove's mouth | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme out mouth=Destination | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/68/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Man](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/)