--- title: First they peeped into the basket containing the eels and the suckin… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: First they peeped into the basket containing the eels and the sucking-pig; then they must needs pull out the pig and take it in their hands, and feel it, and touch it; and as they both wanted to hold it at the same time, the consequence was that they let it fall into the water, and the pig sailed aw --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/31/) [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/) / [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/) / 31 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, sentence 31 First they peeped into the basket containing the eels and the sucking-pig; then they must needs pull out the pig and take it in their hands, and feel it, and touch it; and as they both wanted to hold it at the same time, the consequence was that they let it fall into the water, and the pig sailed away with the stream. **Who acts:** horses, basket, consequence, pig · **What happens:** peep, contain, suck, pull out, take, feel · **To what, where:** eels, pig, basket, hands, water This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (horses, basket, consequence, pig), 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:pg27200:51:31 # text = First they peeped into the basket containing the eels and the sucking-pig; then they must needs pull out the pig and take it in their hands, and feel it, and touch it; and as they both wanted to hold it at the same time, the consequence was that they let it fall into the water, and the pig sailed away with the stream. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 eels eel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 sucking suck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 needs need NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 feel feel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 touch touch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 both both ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 into into ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 68 away away ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peep** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | into the basket; first *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into basket=Theme | | 2 | **contain** | gerund | the basket *not said here* | the eels and the sucking pig | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot eel=Theme | | 3 | **suck** | gerund | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pull out** | must | horses *= horse* | the pig | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* | basket | | horses's hands | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in hand=Location | | 6 | **feel** | infinitive | | basket | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **touch** | infinitive | | basket | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 8 | **want** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | both *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* | basket | | | time | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | the consequence | | | | | let *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **fall** | infinitive | the consequence *not said here* | | | | | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | | 12 | **sail away** | past | the pig | | | | | with the stream; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/32/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)