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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Dryad, part 2, sentence 31

The fountain, throwing its jet of water high up in the air, to let it fall again in the wide stone basin, told the wind to sprinkle the new-comer with pearly drops, as if it wished to give him a refreshing draught to welcome him.

Who acts: fountain, jet, wind · What happens: throw, high up, let, fall, tell, sprinkle · To what, where: air, jet, wide stone basin, wind, new comer, refreshing draught · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Dryad, 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 (fountain, jet, wind), 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

detnsubjpunctaclnmod:possnsubjcasenmodccompcompound:prtcasedetoblpunctmarkparataxisobjxcompadvmodcasedetamodcompoundoblpunctdetobjmarkxcompdetamodpunctobjcaseamodoblpunctmarkmarknsubjconjmarkxcompiobjdetamodobjmarkadvclobjpunctrootTheDETfountainNOUN,PUNCTthrowingVERBitsPRONjetNOUNofADPwaterNOUNhighVERBupADPinADPtheDETairNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTletVERBitPRONfallVERBagainADVinADPtheDETwideADJstoneNOUNbasinNOUN,PUNCTtoldVERBtheDETwindNOUNtoPARTsprinkleVERBtheDETnewADJ-PUNCTcomerNOUNwithADPpearlyADJdropsNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJifSCONJitPRONwishedVERBtoPARTgiveVERBhimPRONaDETrefreshingVERBdraughtNOUNtoPARTwelcomeVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 fountaindet
2fountainfountainNOUNNumber=Sing26 toldnsubj
3,,PUNCT_4 throwingpunct
4throwingthrowVERBVerbForm=Ger2 fountainacl
5itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 jetnmod:poss
6jetjetNOUNNumber=Sing9 highnsubj
7ofofADP_8 watercase
8waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing6 jetnmod
9highhighVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 throwingccomp
10upupADP_9 highcompound:prt
11ininADP_13 aircase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 airdet
13airairNOUNNumber=Sing9 highobl
14,,PUNCT_16 letpunct
15totoPART_16 letmark
16letletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin9 highparataxis
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 letobj
18fallfallVERBVerbForm=Inf16 letxcomp
19againagainADV_18 falladvmod
20ininADP_24 basincase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 basindet
22widewideADJDegree=Pos24 basinamod
23stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing24 basincompound
24basinbasinNOUNNumber=Sing18 fallobl
25,,PUNCT_2 fountainpunct
26toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 winddet
28windwindNOUNNumber=Sing26 toldobj
29totoPART_30 sprinklemark
30sprinklesprinkleVERBVerbForm=Inf26 toldxcomp
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 comerdet
32newnewADJDegree=Pos34 comeramod
33--PUNCT_32 newpunct
34comercomerNOUNNumber=Sing30 sprinkleobj
35withwithADP_37 dropscase
36pearlypearlyADJDegree=Pos37 dropsamod
37dropsdropNOUNNumber=Plur30 sprinkleobl
38,,PUNCT_42 wishedpunct
39asasSCONJ_42 wishedmark
40ififSCONJ_42 wishedmark
41ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 wishednsubj
42wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 toldconj
43totoPART_44 givemark
44givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf42 wishedxcomp
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 giveiobj
46aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 draughtdet
47refreshingrefreshVERBVerbForm=Ger48 draughtamod
48draughtdraughtNOUNNumber=Sing44 giveobj
49totoPART_50 welcomemark
50welcomewelcomeVERBVerbForm=Inf44 giveadvcl
51himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 welcomeobj
52..PUNCT_26 toldpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1throwgerundthe fountain not said heretree rules
2high uppresentfountain's jet of waterthe airtree rules
3letto-infinitivejettree rules
4fallinfinitivejet not said herethe wide stone basinagainvn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in basin=Location
5tell speech: assertpastthe fountainthe windvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent wind=Recipient clause=Topic
6sprinkle not said to happento-infinitivethe wind not said herethe new comerwith pearly dropsvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent comer=Destination with drop=Theme
7wish a condition, not said to happenpastjetvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8give not said to happento-infinitivejet not said herea refreshing draughtsubstitutevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient draught=Theme
9refreshgerundvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
10welcometo-infinitivejet not said heresubstitutevn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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.

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