--- title: In the hunting season he took him to the hills, and made him drink t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the hunting season he took him to the hills, and made him drink the warm blood of the chamois, which is said to prevent the hunter from becoming giddy; he taught him to know the time when, from the different mountains, the avalanche is likely to fall, namely, at noontide or in the evening, from t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/25/) [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/) / [III. the Uncle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/) / 25 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, III. the Uncle, sentence 25 In the hunting season he took him to the hills, and made him drink the warm blood of the chamois, which is said to prevent the hunter from becoming giddy; he taught him to know the time when, from the different mountains, the avalanche is likely to fall, namely, at noontide or in the evening, from the effects of the sun's rays; he made him observe the movements of the chamois when he gave a leap, so that he might fall firmly and lightly on his feet. **Who acts:** Rudy, uncle, avalanche, sun · **What happens:** take, make, drink, say, prevent, become · **To what, where:** uncle, hills, warm blood, chamois, hunter, different mountains · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, III. the Uncle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, uncle, avalanche, sun), 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:pg27200:54:25 # text = In the hunting season he took him to the hills, and made him drink the warm blood of the chamois, which is said to prevent the hunter from becoming giddy; he taught him to know the time when, from the different mountains, the avalanche is likely to fall, namely, at noontide or in the evening, from the effects of the sun's rays; he made him observe the movements of the chamois when he gave a leap, so that he might fall firmly and lightly on his feet. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 chamois chamois NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 from from SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 32 giddy giddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; 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; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 75 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obj _ _ 76 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 xcomp _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 movements movement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 obj _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 chamois chamois NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ _ 82 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 84 advmod _ _ 83 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 84 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 advcl _ _ 85 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 , , PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ _ 88 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 92 mark _ _ 89 that that SCONJ IN _ 88 fixed _ _ 90 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 92 nsubj _ _ 91 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 92 aux _ _ 92 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 parataxis _ _ 93 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 92 advmod _ _ 94 and and CCONJ CC _ 95 cc _ _ 95 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 93 conj _ _ 96 on on ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 97 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 98 nmod:poss _ _ 98 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 92 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 99 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Rudy | uncle | | the hills | season | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to hill=Destination | | 2 | **make** | past | Rudy *not said here* | uncle | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drink** | infinitive | uncle *not said here* | the warm blood of the chamois | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | the chamois | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | | the hunter | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer hunter=Theme | | 6 | **become** | gerund | | | | | | giddy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | Rudy | | uncle | the different mountains | | from the effects of the sun's rays | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **know** | to-infinitive | Rudy *not said here* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | present | the avalanche | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **fall** | to-infinitive | the avalanche *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **be** | | the avalanche *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **make** | past | Rudy | uncle | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **observe** | infinitive | uncle *not said here* | the movements of the chamois | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent movement=Topic | | 14 | **give** | past | Rudy | a leap | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leap=Theme | | 15 | **fall** | might | Rudy | | | Rudy's feet | | firmly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | | 16 | **effect** | | | the sun's rays | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 17 | **ray** | | the sun | | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | | 18 | **move** | | | the chamois | | | | | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/26/) - ↑ back to [III. the Uncle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/)