--- title: Vertigo, although he could not reach him, blew the poisonous vapor i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Vertigo, although he could not reach him, blew the poisonous vapor in his face, to make him giddy and faint; and beneath, in the dark, yawning deep, on the rushing waters, sat the Ice Maiden, with her long, pale, green hair falling around her, and her death-like eyes fixed upon him, like the two bar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/58/41/) [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/) / [VII. the Eagle's Nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/58/) / 41 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest, sentence 41 Vertigo, although he could not reach him, blew the poisonous vapor in his face, to make him giddy and faint; and beneath, in the dark, yawning deep, on the rushing waters, sat the Ice Maiden, with her long, pale, green hair falling around her, and her death-like eyes fixed upon him, like the two barrels of a gun. " **Who acts:** Vertigo, dark, green hair · **What happens:** not reach, blow, make, yawn, rush, sit · **To what, where:** Rudy, poisonous vapor, rushing waters, Ice Maiden, like eyes This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vertigo, dark, green hair), 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:pg27200:58:41 # text = Vertigo, although he could not reach him, blew the poisonous vapor in his face, to make him giddy and faint; and beneath, in the dark, yawning deep, on the rushing waters, sat the Ice Maiden, with her long, pale, green hair falling around her, and her death-like eyes fixed upon him, like the two barrels of a gun. " 1 Vertigo vertigo NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 although although SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 vapor vapor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 giddy giddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 beneath beneath ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 yawning yawn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 33 deep deep ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Ice Ice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 53 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 54 around around ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 59 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 parataxis _ _ 63 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ _ 64 upon upon ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 like like ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 70 nummod _ _ 70 barrels barrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 75 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **reach** | could | Vertigo | Rudy | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **blow** | past | Vertigo | the poisonous vapor | | | | in the dark; in Rudy's face | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent vapor=Patient in face=Topic | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | Vertigo *not said here* | Rudy | | | | giddy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 4 | **yawn** | gerund | the dark *not said here* | | | the rushing waters | | deep *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rush** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sit** | past | | the Ice Maiden | | | | like the two barrels of a gun | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location maiden=Theme | | 7 | **fall** | gerund | green hair *not said here* | | | | | around stench | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around she=Location | | 8 | **fix** | participle | | stench's like eyes *not said here* | | | | upon Rudy | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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. 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