--- title: Then he came at last to the palace, and there in the yard lay the do… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then he came at last to the palace, and there in the yard lay the dogs asleep, and the horses in the stables, and on the roof sat the pigeons fast asleep with their heads under their wings; and when he came into the palace, the flies slept on the walls, and the cook in the kitchen was still holding --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/29/) [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/) / 29 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Briar Rose, sentence 29 Then he came at last to the palace, and there in the yard lay the dogs asleep, and the horses in the stables, and on the roof sat the pigeons fast asleep with their heads under their wings; and when he came into the palace, the flies slept on the walls, and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand as if she would beat the boy, and the maid sat with a black fowl in her hand ready to be plucked. **Who acts:** man, flies, cook, princess, maid · **What happens:** come, lie, sit, sleep, hold up, beat · **To what, where:** horses, dogs, pigeons, roof, palace, walls 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 (man, flies, cook, princess), 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:pg11027:18:29 # text = Then he came at last to the palace, and there in the yard lay the dogs asleep, and the horses in the stables, and on the roof sat the pigeons fast asleep with their heads under their wings; and when he came into the palace, the flies slept on the walls, and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand as if she would beat the boy, and the maid sat with a black fowl in her hand ready to be plucked. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 stables stable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 31 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 35 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 53 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 still still ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 67 up up ADP RP _ 66 compound:prt _ _ 68 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 70 as as SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 71 if if SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 72 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 advcl _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 81 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 82 with with ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 83 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 84 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 85 amod _ _ 85 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ _ 86 in in ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 88 nmod:poss _ _ 88 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ _ 89 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 conj _ _ 90 to to PART TO _ 92 mark _ _ 91 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 92 aux:pass _ _ 92 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 89 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | man | the horses in the stables | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | past | man *not said here* | the dogs | | there | | in the yard; asleep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | man *not said here* | the pigeons | | the roof | | with pigeons's heads; under pigeons's wings; asleep, fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme on roof=Location | | 4 | **come** | past | man | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into palace=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **sleep** | past | the flies | | | the walls | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hold up** | past · progressive | the cook in the kitchen | princess's hand | | | still | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme | | 7 | **beat** | would | princess | the boy | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=Theme | | 8 | **sit** | past | the maid | | | maid's hand | | with a black fowl | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hand=Location | | 9 | **pluck** | to-infinitive · passive | the maid *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» | 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/pg11027/18/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/30/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/)