--- title: The bottle, however, knew nothing of the "up," or the "down;" he saw… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The bottle, however, knew nothing of the "up," or the "down;" he saw only that the balloon was swelling larger and larger till it could swell no more, and began to rise and be restless. Who acts: bottle, rabbit, balloon. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (bottle, rabbit, balloon), 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:pg27200:13:125 # text = The bottle, however, knew nothing of the "up," or the "down;" he saw only that the balloon was swelling larger and larger till it could swell no more, and began to rise and be restless. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 balloon balloon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 swelling swell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 28 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 conj _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 swell swell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 35 no no ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 restless restless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the bottle | nothing | | | | down, however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | rabbit | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **swell** | past · progressive | the balloon | | | | | large *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **swell** | could | balloon | more | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient more=Extent | | 5 | **begin** | past | rabbit *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **rise** | to-infinitive | rabbit *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | rabbit *not said here* | | | | | restless *property* | tree rules | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/126/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)