Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinder-box, sentence 60

He found the tinder-box, but no sooner had he struck a few sparks from the flint and steel, than the door flew open and the dog with eyes as big as teacups, whom he had seen while down in the tree, stood before him, and said, "What orders, master?"

Who acts: soldier, door · What happens: find, have, strike, fly, see down, stand · To what, where: tinder box, few sparks, flint, teacups, tree, master · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, 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 (soldier, door), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 box	det
4	tinder	tinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 box	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 tinder	punct
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 sooner	det
10	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 had	advmod
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 found	conj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 struck	nsubj
13	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 had	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 sparks	det
15	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sparks	amod
16	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 struck	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 flint	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 flint	det
19	flint	flint	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 struck	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 steel	cc
21	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 flint	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 flew	punct
23	than	than	SCONJ	_	26 flew	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 door	det
25	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 flew	nsubj
26	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 struck	parataxis
27	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 flew	xcomp
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 big	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 dog	det
30	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 big	nsubj
31	with	with	ADP	_	32 eyes	case
32	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 dog	nmod
33	as	as	ADV	_	34 big	advmod
34	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 flew	conj
35	as	as	ADP	_	36 teacups	case
36	teacups	teacup	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 big	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 seen	punct
38	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 seen	obj
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 seen	nsubj
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 seen	aux
41	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	36 teacups	acl
42	while	while	SCONJ	_	43 down	mark
43	down	down	ADV	_	41 seen	compound:prt
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 tree	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 tree	det
46	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 seen	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 stood	punct
48	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 flew	conj
49	before	before	ADP	_	50 him	case
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 stood	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 said	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 said	cc
53	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 found	parataxis
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 orders	punct
55	"	"	PUNCT	_	57 orders	punct
56	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	57 orders	nsubj
57	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 said	ccomp
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 master	punct
59	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 orders	obj
60	?	?	PUNCT	_	57 orders	punct
61	"	"	PUNCT	_	57 orders	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	soldier	the tinder box				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Topic
2	have	past	soldier not said here				soon property	tree rules
3	strike	past	soldier	a few sparks	the flint and steel			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spark=Patient
4	fly	past	the door				open property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	see down	past · perfect	soldier	teacups	the tree			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus
6	stand	past	the door not said here			before soldier		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location
7	say speech: ask	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	order in a quote	present		master				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme

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.

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