--- title: This the good little bird did, and when both were happily arrived on… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: This the good little bird did, and when both were happily arrived on the other side, and had gone a little way, they came to a well-known wood, which they knew the better every step they went, and at last they perceived their father's house. Who acts: This, birds. 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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 (This, birds), 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:pg11027:8:106 # text = This the good little bird did, and when both were happily arrived on the other side, and had gone a little way, they came to a well-known wood, which they knew the better every step they went, and at last they perceived their father's house. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 10 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 happily happily ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 ccomp _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 obl _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 's 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | This | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arrive** | past · passive | | both | | the other side | | happily *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | This *not said here* | a little way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | birds *= bird* | | | a known wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **know** | past | birds *= bird* | a known wood | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | past | birds *= bird* | every step *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme | | 8 | **perceive** | past | birds *= bird* | birds's father's house | | last | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/107/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grethel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/)