--- title: When the men heard these words spoken by the Tailor, a great fear ca… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When the men heard these words spoken by the Tailor, a great fear came over them, and they ran away as if wild huntsmen were following them; neither afterwards dared any man venture to oppose him. Who acts: men, great fear, words, wild huntsmen. 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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 (men, great fear, words, wild huntsmen), 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:pg11027:13:126 # text = When the men heard these words spoken by the Tailor, a great fear came over them, and they ran away as if wild huntsmen were following them; neither afterwards dared any man venture to oppose him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 neither neither ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 dared dare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 venture venture NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 oppose oppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the men | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | this words *not said here* | | | | by the Tailor | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | a great fear | | | | | over words *= word* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over they=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **run away** | past | words *= word* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | past · progressive | wild huntsmen | words *= word* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **dare** | participle | a great fear *not said here* | any man venture | | | | afterwards, neither *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venture=Recipient | | 7 | **oppose** | to-infinitive | a great fear *not said here* | fear | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/127/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)