--- title: But he went to sleep, and when he awoke it struck the quarter to twe… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But he went to sleep, and when he awoke it struck the quarter to twelve, and the sound made him hurry to the fountain, from which he took some water in a cup which stood near. Who acts: Prince, bed, sound, cup. 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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 (Prince, bed, sound, cup), 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:pg11027:17:29 # text = But he went to sleep, and when he awoke it struck the quarter to twelve, and the sound made him hurry to the fountain, from which he took some water in a cup which stood near. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 hurry hurry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 near near ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **awake** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **strike** | past | bed | the quarter | | | | to twelve *result* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent quarter=Patient to twelve=Result | | 5 | **make** | past | the sound | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hurry** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | the fountain | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to fountain=Destination | | 7 | **take** | past | Prince | some water | | a cup | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **stand** | past | a cup | | | | | near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/30/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)