--- title: So saying, she took another cheese out of her pocket and rolled it d… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: So saying, she took another cheese out of her pocket and rolled it down; but as it did not return, she thought, "Perhaps they are waiting for a companion and don't like to come alone"; and down she bowled a third cheese. Who acts: Catherine, cheese, wheels. 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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 (Catherine, cheese, wheels), 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:pg11027:12:45 # text = So saying, she took another cheese out of her pocket and rolled it down; but as it did not return, she thought, "Perhaps they are waiting for a companion and don't like to come alone"; and down she bowled a third cheese. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 alone alone ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 down down ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 bowled bowl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 50 amod _ _ 50 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Catherine *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | Catherine | another cheese | | Catherine's pocket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme out pocket=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **roll down** | past | Catherine *not said here* | cheese | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **not** **return** | past · do-support | cheese | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Catherine | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wait** *in a quote* | present · progressive | wheels *= wheel* | | | | | for a companion; perhaps *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | wheels *= wheel* *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **come** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | wheels *= wheel* *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **bowl** | past | Catherine | a third cheese | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/46/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)