--- title: One of the more interesting fountains is the Kindlifresserbrunnen (B… — Bern · tree and pragmatics description: One of the more interesting fountains is the Kindlifresserbrunnen (Bernese German: Child Eater Fountain), which is claimed to represent a Jew, the Greek god Chronos, or a Fastnacht figure meant to frighten disobedient children. Who acts: One, Fastnacht figure. 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One of the more interesting fountains is the Kindlifresserbrunnen (Bernese German: Child Eater Fountain), which is claimed to represent a Jew, the Greek god Chronos, or a Fastnacht figure meant to frighten disobedient children. **Who acts:** One, Fastnacht figure · **What happens:** be, child, claim, represent, mean, frighten · **To what, where:** Kindlifresserbrunnen, Eater Fountain, Jew, disobedient children This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Bern». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, Fastnacht figure), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Bern:161 # text = One of the more interesting fountains is the Kindlifresserbrunnen (Bernese German: Child Eater Fountain), which is claimed to represent a Jew, the Greek god Chronos, or a Fastnacht figure meant to frighten disobedient children. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 fountains fountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Kindlifresserbrunnen Kindlifresserbrunnen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Bernese Bernese PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Child child VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 15 Eater Eater PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Fountain Fountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 claimed claim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 represent represent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Jew Jew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 30 Chronos Chronos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Fastnacht Fastnacht PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 disobedient disobedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | One of the interesting fountains | the Kindlifresserbrunnen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **child** | infinitive | One of the interesting fountains *not said here* | Eater Fountain | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **claim** *speech: other* | present · passive | | the Kindlifresserbrunnen | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **represent** | to-infinitive | | a Jew | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jew=Theme | | 5 | **mean** | past | a Fastnacht figure | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **frighten** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a Fastnacht figure *not said here* | disobedient children | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer | 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 English Wikipedia, «Bern», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0. - ← previous: [sentence 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bern/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bern/162/) - ↑ back to [Bern](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bern/)