--- title: One dark evening, he had not even a penny to buy a candle; then all… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One dark evening, he had not even a penny to buy a candle; then all at once he remembered that there was a piece of candle stuck in the tinder-box, which he had brought from the old tree, into which the witch had helped him. Who acts: soldier, penny, piece, witch. 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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 (soldier, penny, piece, witch), 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:pg27200:193:59 # text = One dark evening, he had not even a penny to buy a candle; then all at once he remembered that there was a piece of candle stuck in the tinder-box, which he had brought from the old tree, into which the witch had helped him. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 17 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 tinder tinder NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 parataxis _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | soldier | a penny | | | evening | | tree rules | | 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | a penny *not said here* | a candle | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Theme | | 3 | **remember** | past | soldier | | | | | all *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | a piece of candle | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stick** | participle | | a piece of candle *not said here* | | the tinder box | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in box=Destination | | 6 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the tinder box | | the old tree | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from tree=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **help** | past · perfect | the witch | | soldier | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/60/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/)