--- title: "Be on the watch, some one is after the money," and quite soon, on T… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "Be on the watch, some one is after the money," and quite soon, on Tom Thumb setting to work again, they heard very clearly the coins ringing, chink, chank, as they struck one against the other. Who acts: watch, Tom Thumb, sentinels, coins. 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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 (watch, Tom Thumb, sentinels, coins), 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:pg11027:22:30 # text = "Be on the watch, some one is after the money," and quite soon, on Tom Thumb setting to work again, they heard very clearly the coins ringing, chink, chank, as they struck one against the other. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 on on SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 chink chink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 chank chank NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obj _ _ 43 against against ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the watch | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the watch | | | | after the money | | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | gerund | Tom Thumb | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | Tom Thumb *not said here* | | | | again | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hear** | past | sentinels *= sentinel* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **ring** | gerund | the coins | chank | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **chink** | infinitive | the coins *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **strike** | past | sentinels *= sentinel* | one | | | | against the other | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent one=Instrument against other=Patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/31/) - ↑ back to [The Travels of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/)