--- title: Ah, dear father," she replied, "they are gone away and have left me… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, dear father," she replied, "they are gone away and have left me alone"; and she told him how she had looked out of the window and seen them changed into Swans, which had flown over the forest; and then she showed him the feathers which they had dropped in the courtyard, and which she had collect --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/24/) [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/) / [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/) / 24 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Six Swans, sentence 24 Ah, dear father," she replied, "they are gone away and have left me alone"; and she told him how she had looked out of the window and seen them changed into Swans, which had flown over the forest; and then she showed him the feathers which they had dropped in the courtyard, and which she had collected together. **Who acts:** Queen, brothers · **What happens:** reply, be, leave, tell, look out, see · **To what, where:** me, King, window, brothers, Swans, forest · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Six Swans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, brothers), 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:pg11027:19:24 # text = Ah, dear father," she replied, "they are gone away and have left me alone"; and she told him how she had looked out of the window and seen them changed into Swans, which had flown over the forest; and then she showed him the feathers which they had dropped in the courtyard, and which she had collected together. 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 alone alone ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Swans Swan PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 64 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 parataxis _ _ 68 together together ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | brothers *= brother* | | | | | away, go *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **leave** | present · perfect | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | me | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Queen | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **look out** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Queen | the window | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | participle | | brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 7 | **change** *in a quote* | past | Queen *not said here* | Swans | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swan=Patient | | 8 | **fly** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | Swans | | the forest | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme over forest=Location | | 9 | **show** *in a quote* | past | Queen | the feathers | King | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient feather=Topic | | 10 | **drop** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | the feathers | | the courtyard | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in courtyard=Destination | | 11 | **collect** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | together *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/25/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)