--- title: She had an immense desire to get to the edge of the well, and to loo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She had an immense desire to get to the edge of the well, and to look over; she felt such a longing for the green, up there; and the next morning, when it chanced that the bucket was being drawn up, filled with water, and stopped for a moment just in front of the stone on which the Toad sat, the lit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/28/) [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 Toad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/) / 28 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Toad, sentence 28 She had an immense desire to get to the edge of the well, and to look over; she felt such a longing for the green, up there; and the next morning, when it chanced that the bucket was being drawn up, filled with water, and stopped for a moment just in front of the stone on which the Toad sat, the little creature's heart moved within it, and our Toad jumped into the filled bucket, which presently was drawn to the top, and emptied out. **Who acts:** Quack, longing, Toad, heart · **What happens:** have, get, look over, feel, chance, draw up · **To what, where:** immense desire, longing, bucket, front, stone, filled bucket This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Toad. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Quack, longing, Toad, heart), 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:pg27200:194:28 # text = She had an immense desire to get to the edge of the well, and to look over; she felt such a longing for the green, up there; and the next morning, when it chanced that the bucket was being drawn up, filled with water, and stopped for a moment just in front of the stone on which the Toad sat, the little creature's heart moved within it, and our Toad jumped into the filled bucket, which presently was drawn to the top, and emptied out. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 over over ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 24 det:predet _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 green green NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 up up ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 44 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 just just ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 obl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 72 's 's PART POS _ 71 case _ _ 73 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 conj _ _ 75 within within ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 79 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 80 nmod:poss _ _ 80 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 81 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 conj _ _ 82 into into ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 84 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 85 amod _ _ 85 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 90 punct _ _ 87 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 90 nsubj:pass _ _ 88 presently presently ADV RB _ 90 advmod _ _ 89 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 90 aux:pass _ _ 90 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 85 acl:relcl _ _ 91 to to ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 95 and and CCONJ CC _ 96 cc _ _ 96 emptied empty VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 81 conj _ _ 97 out out ADP RP _ 96 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 98 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Quack | a immense desire | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Quack *not said here* | | | | | to the edge of the well *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to edge=Result | | 3 | **look over** | to-infinitive | Quack *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **feel** | past | Quack | such longing | | | | for the green | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent longing=Location for green=Theme | | 5 | **chance** | past | longing | | | | morning | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **draw up** | past · passive | | the bucket | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **fill** | participle | | | | | | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument | | 8 | **stop** | past | | | | front of the stone | moment | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 9 | **sit** | past | the Toad | | | the stone | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 10 | **move** | past | the little creature's heart | | | | | within bucket | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **jump** | past | our Toad | | | the filled bucket | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bucket=Destination | | 12 | **fill** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 13 | **draw** | past · passive | | the filled bucket | | the top | | presently *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to top=Destination | | 14 | **empty out** | participle | our Toad *not said here* | | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/29/) - ↑ back to [The Toad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/)