--- title: "'You are talking too much,' said the tinder-box, and the steel stru… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'You are talking too much,' said the tinder-box, and the steel struck against the flint till some sparks flew out, crying, 'We want a merry evening, don't we?' Who acts: You, steel, sparks, We. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Flying Trunk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, steel, sparks, We), 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:pg27200:35:52 # text = "'You are talking too much,' said the tinder-box, and the steel struck against the flint till some sparks flew out, crying, 'We want a merry evening, don't we?' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 tinder tinder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 20 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 flint flint NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** *in a quote* | present · progressive | You | much | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | | the tinder box | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **strike** *in a quote* | past | the steel | | | the flint | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against flint=Location | | 4 | **fly out** *in a quote* | past | some sparks | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | some sparks *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | We | | | | evening | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | some sparks *not said here* | we | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/53/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Trunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/)