--- title: "'If the tea-urn won't sing,' said the pen, 'she can leave it alone;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'If the tea-urn won't sing,' said the pen, 'she can leave it alone; there is a nightingale in a cage who can sing; she has not been taught much, certainly, but we need not say anything this evening about that.' Who acts: tea urn, maid, nightingale, cage. 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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 (tea urn, maid, nightingale, cage), 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:pg27200:35:71 # text = "'If the tea-urn won't sing,' said the pen, 'she can leave it alone; there is a nightingale in a cage who can sing; she has not been taught much, certainly, but we need not say anything this evening about that.' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 If if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 urn urn NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 alone alone ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 40 much much ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 parataxis _ _ 49 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 48 obj _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 about about ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | the tea urn | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the pen | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | can | maid | pen | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a nightingale in a cage | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | can | a cage | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 6 | **not** **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | maid | | | | certainly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | we | anything | | | evening | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/72/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Trunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/)