--- title: For a long time after this she waited, expecting they would come, bu… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time after this she waited, expecting they would come, but when she found they did not she cried out, "You are nice fellows to send after a dead man! you stop a fine time! but do you think I shall wait for you? Who acts: Catherine, fifth, You. 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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, fifth, You), 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:pg11027:12:48 # text = For a long time after this she waited, expecting they would come, but when she found they did not she cried out, "You are nice fellows to send after a dead man! you stop a fine time! but do you think I shall wait for you? 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | Catherine | | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **expect** | gerund | Catherine *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **come** | would | fifth | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | Catherine | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | fifth | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Catherine | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | nice fellows | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **send** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Catherine *not said here* | | | | after a dead man | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stop** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | time | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **wait** *in a quote* | shall | Catherine | | | | | for you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/49/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)