--- title: The following morning came the Dwarf, and she began with "Caspar," "… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The following morning came the Dwarf, and she began with "Caspar," "Melchior," "Balthassar," and all the odd names she knew; but at each the little Man exclaimed, "That is not my name." Who acts: following morning, Queen, little Man, 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 (following morning, Queen, little Man, 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:pg11027:24:116 # text = The following morning came the Dwarf, and she began with "Caspar," "Melchior," "Balthassar," and all the odd names she knew; but at each the little Man exclaimed, "That is not my name." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Caspar Caspar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Melchior Melchior PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Balthassar Balthassar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | the following morning | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | Queen | | | | | with Caspar and all odd names | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with caspar=Subeventuality | | 4 | **know** | past | Queen | all odd names *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 5 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | each little Man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | my name | | | | | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/117/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)