--- title: No mischance befell them; if benighted in the wood, they lay down on… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: No mischance befell them; if benighted in the wood, they lay down on the moss to repose and sleep till the morning; and their mother was satisfied as to their safety, and felt no fear about them. Who acts: mischance, children, mother. 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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 (mischance, children, mother), 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:pg11027:23:10 # text = No mischance befell them; if benighted in the wood, they lay down on the moss to repose and sleep till the morning; and their mother was satisfied as to their safety, and felt no fear about them. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 mischance mischance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 benighted benight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 repose repose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 till till ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 31 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 34 case _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 about about ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | past | no mischance | children *= child* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **benight** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | no mischance *not said here* | | | the wood | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lay down** | present | children *= child* | | | the moss | | down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on moss=Destination | | 4 | **repose** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sleep** | infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | morning | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | children's mother | | | | | as children's safety; satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **feel** | past | no mischance *not said here* | no fear | | | | about children *= child* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fear=Theme about they=Location | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/11/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)