--- title: Even the fire on the I hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; a… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Even the fire on the I hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; and the meat that was roasting stood still; and the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had done amiss, let him go, and both fell asleep; and so everything st --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/20/) [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/) / [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/) / 20 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Briar Rose, sentence 20 Even the fire on the I hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; and the meat that was roasting stood still; and the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had done amiss, let him go, and both fell asleep; and so everything stood still, and slept soundly. **Who acts:** hearth, fire, meat, cook, moment, both · **What happens:** leave off, blaze, go, roast, stand, be · **To what, where:** hearth, meat, sleep, kitchen boy, box, boy This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Briar Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hearth, fire, meat, cook), 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:pg11027:18:20 # text = Even the fire on the I hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; and the meat that was roasting stood still; and the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had done amiss, let him go, and both fell asleep; and so everything stood still, and slept soundly. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 blazing blaze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 roasting roast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 35 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 50 nmod _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 amiss amiss ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 64 nsubj _ _ 64 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 65 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 so so ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 69 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 70 nsubj _ _ 70 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 71 still still ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ _ 75 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave off** | participle | | the hearth *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **blaze** | gerund | the hearth *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | the fire on the hearth | the meat | | sleep | | the cook and that moment *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **roast** | past · progressive | the meat | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stand** | participle | the meat *not said here* | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the cook and that moment | | | | at that moment | | tree rules | | 7 | **pull** | gerund | that moment *not said here* | the kitchen boy | | | | by the hair | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent boy=Result | | 8 | **give** | to-infinitive | the fire on the hearth *not said here* | a box | boy | the ear for something | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient box=Theme on ear=Asset | | 9 | **do** | past · perfect | fire | | | | | amiss *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **let** | infinitive | the fire on the hearth *not said here* | fire | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go** | infinitive | fire *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **fall** | past | both | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **stand** | past | everything | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **sleep** | past | everything *not said here* | | | | | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/21/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/)