--- title: Certainly the bottle no longer poured forth wine, but it contained s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Certainly the bottle no longer poured forth wine, but it contained something quite as good; and so it happened that whenever Peter Jensen brought it out, his messmates gave it the name of "the apothecary," for it contained the best medicine to cure the stomach, and he gave it out quite willingly as --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/65/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/) / 65 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bottle Neck, sentence 65 Certainly the bottle no longer poured forth wine, but it contained something quite as good; and so it happened that whenever Peter Jensen brought it out, his messmates gave it the name of "the apothecary," for it contained the best medicine to cure the stomach, and he gave it out quite willingly as long as a drop remained. **Who acts:** wine, it, Peter, messmates · **What happens:** pour, contain, happen, bring out, give, cure · **To what, where:** bottle, something, wine, best medicine, stomach, drop This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bottle Neck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wine, it, Peter, messmates), 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:pg27200:13:65 # text = Certainly the bottle no longer poured forth wine, but it contained something quite as good; and so it happened that whenever Peter Jensen brought it out, his messmates gave it the name of "the apothecary," for it contained the best medicine to cure the stomach, and he gave it out quite willingly as long as a drop remained. 1 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 no no ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obj _ _ 14 quite quite ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 as as ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 Jensen Jensen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ _ 26 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 messmates messmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 apothecary apothecary NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 47 amod _ _ 47 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 out out ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 58 quite quite ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 60 as as ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 62 as as ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour** | participle · passive | | the bottle | | | | certainly, forth, long *property* | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme wine=Destination | | 2 | **contain** | past | wine | something | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot something=Theme | | 3 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bring out** | past | Peter | wine | | | | whenever *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **give** | past | Peter's messmates | wine | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient name=Theme | | 6 | **contain** | past | wine | the best medicine | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot medicine=Theme | | 7 | **cure** | to-infinitive | wine *not said here* | the stomach | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer stomach=Source | | 8 | **give out** | past | Peter | stomach | | | | long *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **remain** | participle | | a drop *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **name** | | | the apothecary | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/66/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)