--- title: This stream, however, did not pass near enough to the mill, and ther… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: This stream, however, did not pass near enough to the mill, and therefore the mill-wheel was turned by a smaller stream which tumbled down the rocks on the opposite side, where it was opposed by a stone mill-dam, and obtained greater strength and speed, till it fell into a large basin, and from then --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/62/17/) [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/) / [XI. the Cousin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/62/) / 17 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XI. the Cousin, sentence 17 This stream, however, did not pass near enough to the mill, and therefore the mill-wheel was turned by a smaller stream which tumbled down the rocks on the opposite side, where it was opposed by a stone mill-dam, and obtained greater strength and speed, till it fell into a large basin, and from thence through a channel to the mill-wheel. **Who acts:** stream, smaller stream, stone mill dam, wheel · **What happens:** not pass, turn, tumble down, oppose, obtain, fall · **To what, where:** channel, mill wheel, rocks, opposite side, wheel, greater strength This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XI. the Cousin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stream, smaller stream, stone mill dam, wheel), 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:pg27200:62:17 # text = This stream, however, did not pass near enough to the mill, and therefore the mill-wheel was turned by a smaller stream which tumbled down the rocks on the opposite side, where it was opposed by a stone mill-dam, and obtained greater strength and speed, till it fell into a large basin, and from thence through a channel to the mill-wheel. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 near near ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 enough enough ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 26 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 tumbled tumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 down down ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 opposed oppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 44 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 50 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 amod _ _ 51 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 till till SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 58 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 thence thence ADV RB _ 68 obl _ _ 66 through through ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 channel channel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 71 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 72 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pass** | past · do-support | this stream | | | a channel to the mill wheel | | to the mill; however, near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to mill=Initial\_Location through channel=Destination | | 2 | **turn** | past · passive | a smaller stream | the mill wheel | | | | therefore *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **tumble down** | past | a smaller stream | the rocks | | the opposite side | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rock=Theme | | 4 | **oppose** | past · passive | a stone mill dam | wheel | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **obtain** | past | | greater strength and speed | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset strength=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | wheel | | | | | into a large basin *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into basin=Result | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/62/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/62/18/) - ↑ back to [XI. the Cousin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/62/)