--- title: Indulging these thoughts they became so envious that they consulted… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Indulging these thoughts they became so envious that they consulted together how they should kill him, and one day, waiting till he was fast asleep, they poured the water out of his cup and took it for themselves, while they filled his up with bitter salt water. Who acts: thoughts, kingdom. 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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 (thoughts, kingdom), 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:pg11027:17:43 # text = Indulging these thoughts they became so envious that they consulted together how they should kill him, and one day, waiting till he was fast asleep, they poured the water out of his cup and took it for themselves, while they filled his up with bitter salt water. 1 Indulging indulge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 consulted consult VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 27 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 while while SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indulge** | gerund | thoughts *= thought* *not said here* | this thoughts and one day | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | past | thoughts *= thought* | this thoughts and one day *not said here* | | | | envious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient thought=Result | | 3 | **consult** | past | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | together *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kill** | should | thoughts *= thought* | kingdom | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **wait** | gerund | thoughts *= thought* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | kingdom | | | | | asleep, fast *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pour** | past | thoughts *= thought* | the water | | kingdom's cup | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme out cup=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **take** | past | thoughts *= thought* *not said here* | water | | | | for thoughts *= thought* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for themselves=Beneficiary | | 9 | **fill up** | past | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | with bitter salt water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/44/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)