--- title: Immediately the dwarf felt that he was free he seized a sack full of… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Immediately the dwarf felt that he was free he seized a sack full of gold that was hidden amongst the tree's roots, and, lifting it up, grumbled out, "Clumsy creatures, to cut off a bit of my beautiful beard, of which I am so proud! Who acts: dwarf, beard, lifting. 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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 (dwarf, beard, lifting), 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:pg11027:23:64 # text = Immediately the dwarf felt that he was free he seized a sack full of gold that was hidden amongst the tree's roots, and, lifting it up, grumbled out, "Clumsy creatures, to cut off a bit of my beautiful beard, of which I am so proud! 1 Immediately immediately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 csubj:pass _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 grumbled grumble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Clumsy clumsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obl _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the dwarf | Clumsy creatures | | | | immediately *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | beard | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **seize** | past | beard | a sack | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme | | 4 | **hide** | past · passive | | gold | | the tree's roots | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient amongst root=Location | | 5 | **lift up** | gerund | | sack | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **grumble out** *speech: other* | participle | lifting | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cut off** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the dwarf *not said here* | a bit of my beautiful beard | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector bit=Eventuality | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | lifting | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/65/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)