--- title: "I tell you what," said the soldier, "if you don't tell me what you… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I tell you what," said the soldier, "if you don't tell me what you are going to do with it, I will draw my sword and cut off your head." Who acts: soldier, 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 (soldier, 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:pg27200:193:43 # text = "I tell you what," said the soldier, "if you don't tell me what you are going to do with it, I will draw my sword and cut off your head." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 nsubj _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the soldier *= soldier* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the soldier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | the soldier *= soldier* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with box | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **draw** *in a quote* | future | the soldier *= soldier* | my sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 7 | **cut off** *in a quote* | infinitive | the soldier *= soldier* *not said here* | your head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/44/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/)