--- title: When he had opened the door, he went in first, and thought he would… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When he had opened the door, he went in first, and thought he would cover up the picture, that the King should not see it; but it was of no use, for the King stepped upon tiptoes and looked over his shoulder; and as soon as he saw the portrait of the maiden, which was so beautiful and glittered with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/19/) [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/) / [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/) / 19 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 19 When he had opened the door, he went in first, and thought he would cover up the picture, that the King should not see it; but it was of no use, for the King stepped upon tiptoes and looked over his shoulder; and as soon as he saw the portrait of the maiden, which was so beautiful and glittered with precious stones, he fell down on the ground insensible. **Who acts:** John, King, door, maiden · **What happens:** open, go in, think, cover up, not see, be · **To what, where:** John, picture, door, tiptoes, portrait, ground · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Faithful John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, King, door, maiden), 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:pg11027:16:19 # text = When he had opened the door, he went in first, and thought he would cover up the picture, that the King should not see it; but it was of no use, for the King stepped upon tiptoes and looked over his shoulder; and as soon as he saw the portrait of the maiden, which was so beautiful and glittered with precious stones, he fell down on the ground insensible. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 tiptoes tiptoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 45 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 as as ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 acl:relcl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 glittered glitter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 conj _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 73 down down ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 74 on on ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 77 insensible insensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past · perfect · passive | | John | | | | soon *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme door=Destination | | 2 | **go in** | past | John | | | | | first *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **cover up** | would | John | the picture | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Destination | | 5 | **not** **see** | should | the King | door | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | door | | | | | of no use | tree rules | | 7 | **step** | past | the King | | | tiptoes | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon tiptoe=Trajectory | | 8 | **look** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | over John's shoulder | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Theme | | 9 | **see** | past | John | the portrait of the maiden | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer portrait=Stimulus | | 10 | **is** | past | the maiden | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **glitter** | participle | the maiden *not said here* | | | | | with precious stones | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with stone=Theme | | 12 | **fall down** | past | John | | | the ground | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location | | 13 | **portray** | | | the maiden | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/20/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)