--- title: There will be nothing to see till I come; but if you will run to the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: There will be nothing to see till I come; but if you will run to the house where I have been living, and bring me my tinder-box, you shall have four shillings, but you must put your best foot foremost." Who acts: nothing, I, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Tinder-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nothing, I, you), 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:pg27200:193:100 # text = There will be nothing to see till I come; but if you will run to the house where I have been living, and bring me my tinder-box, you shall have four shillings, but you must put your best foot foremost." 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux _ _ 23 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 29 tinder tinder NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 36 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 foremost foremost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | future | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | present | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | | | to the house *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | | 5 | **live** | present · perfect · progressive | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | my tinder box | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination box=Theme | | 7 | **have** | shall | you | four shillings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shilling=Patient | | 8 | **put** | must | you | your best foot | | | | foremost *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/101/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/)