--- title: Certainly, he caught at every stalk and spray near him, but that did… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Certainly, he caught at every stalk and spray near him, but that did not assist him greatly; he was forced to follow all the twistings of the fish, and was perpetually in danger of being drawn into the brook. Who acts: wind, that. 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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 (wind, that), 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:pg11027:23:75 # text = Certainly, he caught at every stalk and spray near him, but that did not assist him greatly; he was forced to follow all the twistings of the fish, and was perpetually in danger of being drawn into the brook. 1 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 spray spray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 near near ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 assist assist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 twistings twisting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 perpetually perpetually ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | wind | | | every stalk | | certainly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at stalk=Asset | | 2 | **spray** | present | wind *not said here* | | | | | near wind | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme near he=Destination | | 3 | **not** **assist** | past · do-support | that | | wind | | | greatly *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **force** | past · passive | | wind | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **follow** | to-infinitive | wind *not said here* | all twistings of the fish | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twisting=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | danger | | perpetually *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **draw** | gerund · passive | | danger *not said here* | | | | into the brook *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: into brook=Result | | 8 | **twist** | | | the fish | | | | | nom twisting «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/76/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)