--- title: And the rain beat on the dock-leaves to make drum-music for their sa… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the rain beat on the dock-leaves to make drum-music for their sake, and the sun shone in order to give the burdock forest a color for their sakes; and they were very happy, and the whole family was happy; for they, indeed were so. Who acts: rain beat, sun, noise, whole family. A sentence of «And --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Happy Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/) / 59 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family, sentence 59 And the rain beat on the dock-leaves to make drum-music for their sake, and the sun shone in order to give the burdock forest a color for their sakes; and they were very happy, and the whole family was happy; for they, indeed were so. **Who acts:** rain beat, sun, noise, whole family · **What happens:** make, shine, give, be · **To what, where:** drum music, order, burdock forest This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Happy Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rain beat, sun, noise, whole family), 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:pg1597:20:59 # text = And the rain beat on the dock-leaves to make drum-music for their sake, and the sun shone in order to give the burdock forest a color for their sakes; and they were very happy, and the whole family was happy; for they, indeed were so. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 dock dock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 burdock burdock NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 sakes sake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | the rain beat on the dock leaves | drum music | | | | for noise's sake | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent music=Product for sake=Asset | | 2 | **shine** | participle | the sun | | | order | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | the sun *not said here* | the burdock forest | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent forest=Recipient color=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | noise | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the whole family | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | past | noise | | | | | indeed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/58/) - next →: [The Story of a Mother, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/1/) - ↑ back to [The Happy Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/)