--- title: About a year after the marriage, when she had ceased to think about… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: About a year after the marriage, when she had ceased to think about the little Dwarf, she brought a fine child into the world; and, suddenly, soon after its birth, the very man appeared and demanded what she had promised. Who acts: daughter, man. 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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 (daughter, man), 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:pg11027:24:112 # text = About a year after the marriage, when she had ceased to think about the little Dwarf, she brought a fine child into the world; and, suddenly, soon after its birth, the very man appeared and demanded what she had promised. 1 About about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 obj _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | past · perfect · passive | | daughter | | | year | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | about the little Dwarf | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dwarf=Topic | | 3 | **bring** | past | daughter | a fine child | | the world | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme into world=Destination | | 4 | **appear** | past | the man | | | | after world's birth | soon, suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | daughter | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/113/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)