--- title: The first thing in the world they ever heard were the words, "Tin so… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The first thing in the world they ever heard were the words, "Tin soldiers!" uttered by a little boy, who clapped his hands with delight when the lid of the box, in which they lay, was taken off. Who acts: brothers, first thing, little boy, lid. 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C. Andersen, The Brave Tin Soldier. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, first thing, little boy, lid), 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:pg27200:192:3 # text = The first thing in the world they ever heard were the words, "Tin soldiers!" uttered by a little boy, who clapped his hands with delight when the lid of the box, in which they lay, was taken off. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Tin tin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 45 off off ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | brothers *= brother* | the world *not said here* | | | ever | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | the first thing in the world | the words | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | Tin soldiers *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **clap** | past | a little boy | boy's hands | | | | with delight | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | present | the lid of the box | | | delight | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in which=Destination | | 6 | **take off** | past · passive | | the words | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/4/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Tin Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/)