--- title: There, where the Rhine rolls onward like a great billow, and dissolv… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: There, where the Rhine rolls onward like a great billow, and dissolves itself into snowflakes, where glistening clouds are ever changing as if here was the place of their creation, while the rainbow flutters about them like a many-colored ribbon, there did Knud think of the water-mill at Kjoge, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/90/) [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/) / [Under the Willow-tree, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/) / 90 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 2, sentence 90 There, where the Rhine rolls onward like a great billow, and dissolves itself into snowflakes, where glistening clouds are ever changing as if here was the place of their creation, while the rainbow flutters about them like a many-colored ribbon, there did Knud think of the water-mill at Kjoge, with its rushing, foaming waters. **Who acts:** Rhine, glistening clouds, Knud, clouds · **What happens:** roll, dissolve, glisten, change, be, color · **To what, where:** Rhine, snowflakes, waters This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rhine, glistening clouds, Knud, clouds), 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:pg27200:203:90 # text = There, where the Rhine rolls onward like a great billow, and dissolves itself into snowflakes, where glistening clouds are ever changing as if here was the place of their creation, while the rainbow flutters about them like a many-colored ribbon, there did Knud think of the water-mill at Kjoge, with its rushing, foaming waters. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Rhine Rhine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rolls roll VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 onward onward ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 billow billow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 dissolves dissolve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 snowflakes snowflake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 20 glistening glisten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 amod _ _ 21 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 24 changing change VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advcl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 creation creation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 flutters flutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 39 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 49 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 Knud Knud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Kjoge Kjoge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 with with SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 foaming foam VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 conj _ _ 65 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | present | the Rhine | | | there | | like a great billow; onward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dissolve** | present | the Rhine *not said here* | Rhine | | | | into snowflakes *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent itself=Patient into snowflake=Result | | 3 | **glisten** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **change** | present · progressive | glistening clouds | | | | ever | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the place; of clouds's creation | tree rules | | 6 | **color** | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Knud | | | | | of the water mill at Kjoge | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **rush** | gerund | Rhine | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **foam** | gerund | Rhine *not said here* | waters | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme | | 10 | **create** | | clouds *= cloud* | | | | | | nom creation «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/91/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/)