--- title: The king could not refuse this request, so the soldier took his tind… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The king could not refuse this request, so the soldier took his tinder-box, and struck fire, once, twice, thrice,--and there in a moment stood all the dogs;--the one with eyes as big as teacups, the one with eyes as large as mill-wheels, and the third, whose eyes were like towers. 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" **Who acts:** king, soldier, eyes · **What happens:** not refuse, take, strike, stand, be · **To what, where:** request, tinder box, fire, dogs This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 (king, soldier, eyes), 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:pg27200:193:107 # text = The king could not refuse this request, so the soldier took his tinder-box, and struck fire, once, twice, thrice,--and there in a moment stood all the dogs;--the one with eyes as big as teacups, the one with eyes as large as mill-wheels, and the third, whose eyes were like towers. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 tinder tinder NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 teacups teacup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 53 as as ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 like like ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 62 punct _ _ 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **refuse** | could | the king | this request | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | the soldier | request's tinder box | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme | | 3 | **strike** | past | the soldier *not said here* | fire | | | | once *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | | 4 | **stand** | past | the soldier *not said here* | all dogs | | there | moment | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | towers's eyes | | | | | like towers | tree rules | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/108/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/)