--- title: The dwarf had been sitting angling from the side of the stream when,… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The dwarf had been sitting angling from the side of the stream when, by ill-luck, the wind had entangled his beard in his line, and just afterwards a big fish taking the bait, the unamiable little fellow had not sufficient strength to pull it out; so the fish had the advantage, and was dragging the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/74/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/) / 74 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 74 The dwarf had been sitting angling from the side of the stream when, by ill-luck, the wind had entangled his beard in his line, and just afterwards a big fish taking the bait, the unamiable little fellow had not sufficient strength to pull it out; so the fish had the advantage, and was dragging the dwarf after it. **Who acts:** dwarf, big fish, unamiable little fellow, fish · **What happens:** sit, angle, entangle, take, have, pull out · **To what, where:** side, wind, line, bait, sufficient strength, strength This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dwarf, big fish, unamiable little fellow, fish), 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:pg11027:23:74 # text = The dwarf had been sitting angling from the side of the stream when, by ill-luck, the wind had entangled his beard in his line, and just afterwards a big fish taking the bait, the unamiable little fellow had not sufficient strength to pull it out; so the fish had the advantage, and was dragging the dwarf after it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 angling angle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 entangled entangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 36 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bait bait NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 unamiable unamiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 out out ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 56 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 dragging drag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 after after ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · perfect · progressive | the dwarf | | | | | by ill luck | tree rules | | 2 | **angle** | gerund | the dwarf *not said here* | | | the side of the stream | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from side=Location | | 3 | **entangle** | past · perfect · passive | | the wind | | wretch's line | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | gerund | a big fish *not said here* | the bait | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bait=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | the unamiable little fellow *not said here* | sufficient strength | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 6 | **pull out** | to-infinitive | the unamiable little fellow *not said here* | strength | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | the fish | the advantage | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Patient | | 8 | **drag** | past · progressive | the fish *not said here* | the dwarf | | | after fish | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/75/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)