--- title: But when they had broken open the door they found no one within; and… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But when they had broken open the door they found no one within; and as they came back into the house, Cinderella lay, as she always did, in her dirty frock by the ashes; for she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/160/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/) / 160 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Golden Goose, sentence 160 But when they had broken open the door they found no one within; and as they came back into the house, Cinderella lay, as she always did, in her dirty frock by the ashes; for she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful clothes, and laid them beneath the tree, that the bird might carry them away; and had seated herself amid the ashes again in her little old frock. **Who acts:** sons, you, Cinderella, bird · **What happens:** break, open, find, come back, lie, do · **To what, where:** door, one, house, beautiful clothes, sons, tree This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Golden Goose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sons, you, Cinderella, bird), 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:pg11027:15:160 # text = But when they had broken open the door they found no one within; and as they came back into the house, Cinderella lay, as she always did, in her dirty frock by the ashes; for she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful clothes, and laid them beneath the tree, that the bird might carry them away; and had seated herself amid the ashes again in her little old frock. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 6 open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 within within ADP IN _ 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 30 advmod _ _ 30 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 49 through through ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 on on ADV RB _ 48 conj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 64 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 63 advmod _ _ 65 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 xcomp _ _ 66 off off ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 parataxis _ _ 73 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 that that SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nsubj _ _ 81 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 82 aux _ _ 82 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 conj _ _ 83 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 obj _ _ 84 away away ADV RB _ 82 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ; ; PUNCT : _ 88 punct _ _ 86 and and CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 87 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 88 aux _ _ 88 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 89 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 88 obj _ _ 90 amid amid NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obl:unmarked _ _ 91 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 92 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 88 obj _ _ 93 again again ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ _ 94 in in ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 95 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 98 nmod:poss _ _ 96 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ _ 97 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ _ 98 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 99 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past · perfect | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | sons *= son* | no one | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 4 | **come back** | past | sons *= son* | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **lie** | past | Cinderella | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | past | CINDERELLA | | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **run** | past · perfect | CINDERELLA | | | | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 9 | **take off** | participle | | CINDERELLA's beautiful clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 10 | **lay** | past | | sons *= son* | | the tree | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme beneath tree=Destination | | 11 | **carry away** | might | the bird | sons *= son* | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 12 | **seat** | past · perfect | | CINDERELLA | | CINDERELLA's little old frock | again | amid *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | 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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/161/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)