--- title: The fountain, throwing its jet of water high up in the air, to let i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The fountain, throwing its jet of water high up in the air, to let it fall again in the wide stone basin, told the wind to sprinkle the new-comer with pearly drops, as if it wished to give him a refreshing draught to welcome him. Who acts: fountain, jet, wind. 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C. Andersen, The Dryad, 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 (fountain, jet, wind), 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:pg27200:25:31 # text = The fountain, throwing its jet of water high up in the air, to let it fall again in the wide stone basin, told the wind to sprinkle the new-comer with pearly drops, as if it wished to give him a refreshing draught to welcome him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 jet jet NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 high high VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 sprinkle sprinkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 comer comer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 pearly pearly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 refreshing refresh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 amod _ _ 48 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 welcome welcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | gerund | the fountain *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **high up** | present | fountain's jet of water | | | the air | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | to-infinitive | | jet | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | infinitive | jet *not said here* | | | the wide stone basin | again | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in basin=Location | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the fountain | the wind | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wind=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **sprinkle** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the wind *not said here* | the new comer | | | | with pearly drops | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent comer=Destination with drop=Theme | | 7 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | jet | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | jet *not said here* | a refreshing draught | substitute | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient draught=Theme | | 9 | **refresh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **welcome** | to-infinitive | jet *not said here* | substitute | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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:** «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/32/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/)