--- title: "So now I am a breast-pin," said the darning-needle; "I knew very we… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "So now I am a breast-pin," said the darning-needle; "I knew very well I should come to honor some day: merit is sure to rise;" and she laughed, quietly to herself, for of course no one ever saw a darning-needle laugh. Who acts: breast pin, merit, needle, one. 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C. Andersen, The Darning-needle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (breast pin, merit, needle, one), 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:pg27200:21:11 # text = "So now I am a breast-pin," said the darning-needle; "I knew very well I should come to honor some day: merit is sure to rise;" and she laughed, quietly to herself, for of course no one ever saw a darning-needle laugh. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 5 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 darning darning NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 honor honor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 merit merit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 46 fixed _ _ 48 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 fixed _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 51 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 52 advmod _ _ 52 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 54 darning darning NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a breast pin *= pin* | a breast pin | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a breast pin | the darning needle | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past | a breast pin *= pin* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | should | a breast pin *= pin* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **honor** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a breast pin *= pin* *not said here* | | | | day | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | merit | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **rise** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | merit *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **laugh** | past | needle | | needle | | | quietly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 9 | **see** | past | no one *not said here* | a needle laugh | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer laugh=Stimulus | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/21/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/21/12/) - ↑ back to [The Darning-needle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/21/)