--- title: May I be allowed to ask if you are made of gold?" she inquired of he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: May I be allowed to ask if you are made of gold?" she inquired of her neighbor, a pin; "you have a very pretty appearance, and a curious head, although you are rather small. Who acts: I, needle, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Darning-needle, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/21/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Darning-needle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/21/) / 13 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Darning-needle, sentence 13 May I be allowed to ask if you are made of gold?" she inquired of her neighbor, a pin; "you have a very pretty appearance, and a curious head, although you are rather small. **Who acts:** I, needle, you · **What happens:** allow, ask, make, inquire, have, be · **To what, where:** I, you, pretty appearance · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (I, needle, 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:pg27200:21:13 # text = May I be allowed to ask if you are made of gold?" she inquired of her neighbor, a pin; "you have a very pretty appearance, and a curious head, although you are rather small. 1 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 although although SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 rather rather ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | may · passive | | I | | | | a curious head *obl* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | you | | | | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | needle | | | | | of needle's neighbor and a pin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of neighbor=Recipient | | 5 | **have** | present | you | a pretty appearance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | you | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | 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. 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