--- title: “I came to fetch a pitcher of water for my pinks, madam,” she answer… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I came to fetch a pitcher of water for my pinks, madam,” she answered, stooping to pick up the pitcher which stood beside her; but when she showed it to the Queen she was amazed to see that it had turned to gold, all sparkling with great diamonds, and the water, of which it was full, was more fragr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/39/) [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/) / [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/) / 39 # The Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, sentence 39 “I came to fetch a pitcher of water for my pinks, madam,” she answered, stooping to pick up the pitcher which stood beside her; but when she showed it to the Queen she was amazed to see that it had turned to gold, all sparkling with great diamonds, and the water, of which it was full, was more fragrant than the sweetest roses. **Who acts:** Queen, pitcher, all, water · **What happens:** come, fetch, answer, stoop, pick up, stand · **To what, where:** pitcher, Queen, gold · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, pitcher, all, water), 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:pg503:22:39 # text = “I came to fetch a pitcher of water for my pinks, madam,” she answered, stooping to pick up the pitcher which stood beside her; but when she showed it to the Queen she was amazed to see that it had turned to gold, all sparkling with great diamonds, and the water, of which it was full, was more fragrant than the sweetest roses. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 pinks pink NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 stooping stoop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 beside beside ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 52 nsubj _ _ 52 sparkling sparkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 obl _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 65 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 69 advmod _ _ 69 fragrant fragrant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 70 than than ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 sweetest sweet ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 73 amod _ _ 73 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Queen | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fetch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | a pitcher of water | | | | for my pinks and madam | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme for pink=Source | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Queen | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stoop** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | the pitcher | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitcher=Topic | | 6 | **stand** | past | the pitcher | | | | | beside Queen | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside she=Location | | 7 | **show** | past | Queen | pitcher | the Queen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to queen=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | past | Queen | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **turn** | past · perfect | pitcher | | | gold | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to gold=Trajectory | | 11 | **sparkle** | gerund | all | | | | | with great diamonds | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with diamond=Theme | | 12 | **is** | past | water | | | | | of the water; full *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **is** | past | the water | | | | | than the sweetest roses; fragrant *property* | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/40/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)