--- title: The next morning the hunt was commenced again, and as soon as the li… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning the hunt was commenced again, and as soon as the little Fawn heard the horns and the tally-ho of the sportsmen he could not rest, and said, "Sister, dear, open the door; I must be off." Who acts: little Fawn, King, Sister. 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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 (little Fawn, King, Sister), 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:pg11027:7:31 # text = The next morning the hunt was commenced again, and as soon as the little Fawn heard the horns and the tally-ho of the sportsmen he could not rest, and said, "Sister, dear, open the door; I must be off." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 commenced commence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Fawn Fawn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 tally tally NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ho ho NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sportsmen sportsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 41 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **commence off** | past · passive | | the hunt | | | again; morning | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | past | the little Fawn | the horns and the tally ho of the sportsmen | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer horn=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **rest** | could | King | the sportsmen *not said here* | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sportsman=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little Fawn *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **open** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sister | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/32/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)