--- title: If the Tin-soldier had only called out ‘Here I am!’ they must have f… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If the Tin-soldier had only called out ‘Here I am!’ they must have found him; but he did not think it fitting for him to cry out, because he had on his uniform. Who acts: I, soldiers, boy. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, soldiers, 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:pg640:50:31 # text = If the Tin-soldier had only called out ‘Here I am!’ they must have found him; but he did not think it fitting for him to cry out, because he had on his uniform. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Tin Tin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 fitting fit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 uniform uniform NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the Tin soldier | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | must · perfect | soldiers *= soldier* | boy | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | boy | notice | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **fit** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | for boy | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cry out** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | boy | | | boy's uniform | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/32/) - ↑ back to [The Steadfast Tin-soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/)