--- title: But when he saw that a cross had been made on the door of the house,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But when he saw that a cross had been made on the door of the house, where the soldier lived, he took another piece of chalk and made crosses on all the doors in the town, so that the lady-in-waiting might not be able to find out the right door. Who acts: dog, soldier, lady. 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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 (dog, soldier, lady), 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:pg27200:193:83 # text = But when he saw that a cross had been made on the door of the house, where the soldier lived, he took another piece of chalk and made crosses on all the doors in the town, so that the lady-in-waiting might not be able to find out the right door. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 chalk chalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 crosses cross NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 40 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 51 mark _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 in in SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 parataxis _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 out out ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | dog | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | a cross | | the door of the house | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **live** | past | the soldier | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | dog | another piece of chalk | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | dog *not said here* | crosses | | all doors in the town | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cross=Product | | 6 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **is** | might | the lady | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find out** | to-infinitive | the lady *not said here* | the right door | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Topic | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/84/) - ↑ back to [The Tinder-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/193/)