--- title: It was not very long, however, that he stayed in this house, where h… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: It was not very long, however, that he stayed in this house, where he had been met by so many misfortunes, and again he set forth on his travels, rejoicing in his freedom, but this did not long continue. Who acts: opportunity, blow, many misfortunes, this. 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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 (opportunity, blow, many misfortunes, this), 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:pg11027:22:67 # text = It was not very long, however, that he stayed in this house, where he had been met by so many misfortunes, and again he set forth on his travels, rejoicing in his freedom, but this did not long continue. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 however however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 forth forth ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 on on SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj:outer _ _ 42 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 45 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | opportunity | | | | | however, long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | past | blow | | | this house | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 3 | **meet** | past · perfect · passive | many misfortunes | blow | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent | | 4 | **set** | past | blow | | | | again | forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **travel** | present | blow *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rejoice** | gerund | blow *not said here* | | | blow's freedom | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **not** **continue** | past · do-support | this | | | | | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/68/) - ↑ back to [The Travels of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/)