--- title: Her under-lip hung quite down on her breast, and she stopped and sai… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Her under-lip hung quite down on her breast, and she stopped and said, "Good evening, soldier; you have a very fine sword, and a large knapsack, and you are a real soldier; so you shall have as much money as ever you like." Who acts: lip, you. 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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 (lip, 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:pg27200:193:4 # text = Her under-lip hung quite down on her breast, and she stopped and said, "Good evening, soldier; you have a very fine sword, and a large knapsack, and you are a real soldier; so you shall have as much money as ever you like." 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 lip lip NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 knapsack knapsack NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 53 advmod _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | Her lip | | | lip's breast | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on breast=Location | | 2 | **stop** | past | lip | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lip *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | a fine sword | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a real soldier | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | you | much money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 7 | **like** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | ever | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/5/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/)