--- title: But just as the hole was made, and the river-sucker was beginning to… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But just as the hole was made, and the river-sucker was beginning to drink, the Master-maid told the Prince to throw one or two drops out of the flask, and when he did this the sea instantly became full of water again, and before the river-sucker could take one drink they reached the land and were i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/20/) [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/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/) / 20 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 20 But just as the hole was made, and the river-sucker was beginning to drink, the Master-maid told the Prince to throw one or two drops out of the flask, and when he did this the sea instantly became full of water again, and before the river-sucker could take one drink they reached the land and were in safety. **Who acts:** river sucker, Master maid, giant, sea, one drink · **What happens:** make, begin, drink, tell, throw, do · **To what, where:** hole, Prince, one drops, flask, this, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (river sucker, Master maid, giant, sea), 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:pg503:18:20 # text = But just as the hole was made, and the river-sucker was beginning to drink, the Master-maid told the Prince to throw one or two drops out of the flask, and when he did this the sea instantly became full of water again, and before the river-sucker could take one drink they reached the land and were in safety. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 sucker sucker NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 iobj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 conj _ _ 31 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 46 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 52 before before ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 sucker sucker NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 59 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 60 nummod _ _ 60 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 ccomp _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | the hole | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **begin** | past · progressive | the river sucker | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the river sucker *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Master maid | | the Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Master maid *not said here* | one drops | | the flask | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent drop=Theme out flask=Destination | | 6 | **do** | past | giant | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 7 | **become** | past | the sea | | | | again | full, instantly *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **take** | could | the sea *not said here* | | | | before the river sucker | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 9 | **reach** | past | one drink | the land | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | one drink *not said here* | | | safety | | | tree rules | 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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/21/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)