--- title: In the middle of a field the parson met them; and when he saw the pr… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: In the middle of a field the parson met them; and when he saw the procession, he said, "Are you not ashamed of yourselves, you bold girls, to run after the young man like that over the fields? Who acts: parson, 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 (parson, 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:pg11027:15:34 # text = In the middle of a field the parson met them; and when he saw the procession, he said, "Are you not ashamed of yourselves, you bold girls, to run after the young man like that over the fields? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT " _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obl _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | the parson | feathers *= feather* | | the middle of a field | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | parson | the procession | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer procession=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | parson | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | of yourselves; ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **girl** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | parson *not said here* | | | the fields | after the young man | like that | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over field=Trajectory | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/35/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)