--- title: So the lazy girl went home; but she was quite covered with pitch, an… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: So the lazy girl went home; but she was quite covered with pitch, and the cock by the well-side, as soon as he saw her, cried: "Cock-a-doodle-doo! Who acts: lazy girl, cock. 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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 (lazy girl, cock), 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:pg11027:20:48 # text = So the lazy girl went home; but she was quite covered with pitch, and the cock by the well-side, as soon as he saw her, cried: "Cock-a-doodle-doo! 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 quite quite ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 doodle doodle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 doo doo NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the lazy girl | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cover** | past · passive | | girl | | | | with pitch | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with pitch=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the cock by the side | girl | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the cock by the side *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **doo** *in a quote* | | Cock | | | | | | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/20/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/20/49/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/20/)