--- title: The water-drops spurted up among the green twigs, and the clerk thou… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The water-drops spurted up among the green twigs, and the clerk thought of the millions of animalculae which were thrown into the air with every drop of water, at a height which must be the same to them as it would be to us if we were hurled beyond the clouds. Who acts: water drops, height, air. 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C. Andersen, The Clerk's Transformation. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (water drops, height, air), 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:pg27200:44:70 # text = The water-drops spurted up among the green twigs, and the clerk thought of the millions of animalculae which were thrown into the air with every drop of water, at a height which must be the same to them as it would be to us if we were hurled beyond the clouds. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 5 spurted spurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 animalculae animalculae NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 53 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spurt up** | participle | | the water drops *not said here* | | the green twigs | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme among twig=Destination | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the water drops | | | | | of the millions of animalculae | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | past · passive | | animalculae | | | | into the air *result*; with every drop of water | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into air=Result | | 4 | **is** | must | a height | | drops *= drop* | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | would | air | | | | | as us | tree rules | | 6 | **hurl** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | we | | the clouds | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme beyond cloud=Destination | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/71/) - ↑ back to [The Clerk's Transformation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/)