--- title: The Metal Pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The Metal Pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite distinctly, "Hold tight, little boy, for I am going to run;" and away he started for a most wonderful ride. Who acts: Metal Pig, boy. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Metal Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Metal Pig, boy), 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:pg27200:89:14 # text = The Metal Pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite distinctly, "Hold tight, little boy, for I am going to run;" and away he started for a most wonderful ride. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Metal Metal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 gently gently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 14 quite quite ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 19 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 39 advmod _ _ 39 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | the Metal Pig | boy | | | | gently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | the boy | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | boy | | | | | distinctly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive | | tight little boy | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **run** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **start** | past | boy | | | | | for a wonderful ride; away *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/15/) - ↑ back to [The Metal Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/)