--- title: When they awoke the next morning, the sun had already risen high in… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When they awoke the next morning, the sun had already risen high in the heavens, and its beams made the tree so hot that the little boy said to his sister, "I am so very thirsty, that if I knew where there was a brook, I would go and drink. Who acts: roads, sun, beams, little boy. 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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 (roads, sun, beams, little boy), 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:pg11027:7:5 # text = When they awoke the next morning, the sun had already risen high in the heavens, and its beams made the tree so hot that the little boy said to his sister, "I am so very thirsty, that if I knew where there was a brook, I would go and drink. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 already already ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | roads *= road* | | | | morning | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rise** | past · perfect | the sun | | | | | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | sun's beams | the tree | | | | hot *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little boy | | boy's sister | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sister=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the little boy *= boy* | | | | | thirsty *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | the little boy *= boy* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | past | a brook | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | would | the little boy *= boy* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **drink** *in a quote* | infinitive | the little boy *= boy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **beam** | | sun | | | | | | nom beam «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/6/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)