--- title: So the sentinels kept jumping about, but so cleverly did Tom move fr… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: So the sentinels kept jumping about, but so cleverly did Tom move from one spot to another, that they were obliged to run around the whole time, hoping to find somebody, until at length, quite tired out, they went off. Who acts: sentinels, Tom. 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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 (sentinels, Tom), 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:pg11027:22:34 # text = So the sentinels kept jumping about, but so cleverly did Tom move from one spot to another, that they were obliged to run around the whole time, hoping to find somebody, until at length, quite tired out, they went off. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sentinels sentinel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 jumping jump VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 cleverly cleverly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 around around ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 until until ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 quite quite ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 46 off off ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the sentinels | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **jump about** | gerund | the sentinels *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **move** | past · do-support | Tom | | | one spot to another | | cleverly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from spot=Trajectory | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | sentinels *= sentinel* | | | until length | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **run** | to-infinitive | | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hope** | gerund | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | somebody | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent somebody=Topic | | 8 | **go off** | past | sentinels *= sentinel* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/35/) - ↑ back to [The Travels of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/)