--- title: Once, when they had spent the night in the wood, and the bright sunr… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Once, when they had spent the night in the wood, and the bright sunrise awoke them, they saw a beautiful child, in a snow-white robe, shining like diamonds, sitting close to the spot where they had reposed. Who acts: children, bright sunrise. 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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 (children, bright sunrise), 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:pg11027:23:11 # text = Once, when they had spent the night in the wood, and the bright sunrise awoke them, they saw a beautiful child, in a snow-white robe, shining like diamonds, sitting close to the spot where they had reposed. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 38 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 reposed repose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past · perfect | children *= child* | | | the wood | night | once *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **awake** | past | the bright sunrise | children *= child* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | children *= child* | a beautiful child | | a white robe | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 4 | **shine** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | like diamonds | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **repose** | past · perfect | children *= child* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/12/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)