--- title: He drew water from the well and carried it to the house for her, kin… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He drew water from the well and carried it to the house for her, kindled the fire under the iron pot, and, in fact, did everything that came into his head that could be of any use to her. Who acts: door, fact, head. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (door, fact, head), 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:pg641:9:108 # text = He drew water from the well and carried it to the house for her, kindled the fire under the iron pot, and, in fact, did everything that came into his head that could be of any use to her. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 29 obj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | door | water | | the well | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from well=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **carry** | past | door *not said here* | well | | the house | | for girl | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to house=Destination | | 3 | **kindle** | past | door *not said here* | the fire | | the iron pot | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 4 | **do** | past | fact | everything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | door's head | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | could | door's head | | girl | | | of any use | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/109/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)