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title: ‘You are a fine fellow!’ said the Soldier, and put him on the Witch’… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘You are a fine fellow!’ said the Soldier, and put him on the Witch’s apron, took as much copper as his pockets could hold; then he shut the chest, put the dog on it again, and went into the second room. Who acts: You, Soldier, pockets. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Tinde
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Tinder-box, sentence 40

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‘You are a fine fellow!’ said the Soldier, and put him on the Witch’s apron, took as much copper as his pockets could hold; then he shut the chest, put the dog on it again, and went into the second room.

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**Who acts:** You, Soldier, pockets · **What happens:** be, say, put, take, hold, shut · **To what, where:** fine fellow, soldier, apron, much copper, chest, dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Tinder-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Soldier, pockets), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:46:40
# text = ‘You are a fine fellow!’ said the Soldier, and put him on the Witch’s apron, took as much copper as his pockets could hold; then he shut the chest, put the dog on it again, and went into the second room.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	’s	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	apron	apron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
23	as	as	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
26	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
29	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
32	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	advmod	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	_
43	again	again	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
47	into	into	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	50	amod	_	_
50	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | You | a fine fellow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Soldier |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **put** | infinitive |  | soldier |  | the Witch's apron |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on apron=Destination |
| 4 | **take** | past | the Soldier *not said here* | much copper |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Theme |
| 5 | **hold** | could | soldier's pockets |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **shut** | past | soldier | the chest |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chest=Patient |
| 7 | **put** | infinitive | soldier *not said here* | the dog |  |  | again | on dog | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme on it=Destination |
| 8 | **go** | past | soldier *not said here* |  |  | the second room |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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