--- title: Presently they found a brook, which ran trippingly over the pebbles,… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Presently they found a brook, which ran trippingly over the pebbles, and the Brother would have drunk out of it, but the Sister heard how it said as it ran along, "Who drinks of me will become a tiger!" Who acts: children, brook, Brother, 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 (children, brook, Brother, 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:pg11027:7:9 # text = Presently they found a brook, which ran trippingly over the pebbles, and the Brother would have drunk out of it, but the Sister heard how it said as it ran along, "Who drinks of me will become a tiger!" 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 trippingly trippingly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 along along ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 drinks drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | children *= child* | a brook | | | | presently *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brook=Topic | | 2 | **run** | past | a brook | | | the pebbles | | trippingly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over pebble=Trajectory | | 3 | **drink out** | would · perfect | the Brother | forest | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **hear** | past | the Sister | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | forest | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **run along** | past | forest | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **drink** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | of forest | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of i=Source | | 8 | **become** *in a quote* | future | | a tiger | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/10/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)