--- title: His parents meanwhile had died, and as he had no longer any home to… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: His parents meanwhile had died, and as he had no longer any home to go to he paid a visit to his brothers, and asked them to give him shelter until war broke out again. Who acts: parents, Dummerly, war. 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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 (parents, Dummerly, war), 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:pg11027:15:49 # text = His parents meanwhile had died, and as he had no longer any home to go to he paid a visit to his brothers, and asked them to give him shelter until war broke out again. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 no no ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 shelter shelter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 until until SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · perfect | Dummerly's parents | | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **have** | past | Dummerly | any home | | | | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | Dummerly *not said here* | any home *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pay** | past | Dummerly | a visit | | | | to Dummerly's brothers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Dummerly *not said here* | | parents *= parent* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dummerly *not said here* | | Dummerly | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **shelter** | infinitive | Dummerly *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **break out** | past | war | | | | again | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/50/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)