--- title: Hansel and Grethel sat down by the fire, and when it was noon, each… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Hansel and Grethel sat down by the fire, and when it was noon, each ate the piece of bread; and because they could hear the blows of an axe, they thought their father was near: but it was not an axe, but a branch which he had bound to a withered tree, so as to be blown to and fro by the wind. 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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 (you, Grethel, fire, each), 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:pg11027:8:28 # text = Hansel and Grethel sat down by the fire, and when it was noon, each ate the piece of bread; and because they could hear the blows of an axe, they thought their father was near: but it was not an axe, but a branch which he had bound to a withered tree, so as to be blown to and fro by the wind. 1 Hansel hansel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 Grethel Grethel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 near near ADV RB _ 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl:relcl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 amod _ _ 58 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 61 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 65 to to ADP IN _ 64 obl _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 fro fro VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 conj _ _ 68 by by ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hansel** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit down** | past | Grethel | | | | | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location | | 3 | **is a** | past | fire | noon | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **eat** | past | each | the piece of bread | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | could | wife | the blows of a axe | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer blow=Stimulus | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | wife | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | wife's father | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is a** | past | fire | a axe | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bind** | past · perfect · passive | | a branch | | | | to a withered tree | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to tree=Co-Patient | | 10 | **wither** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **blow** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart» | | 12 | **fro** | participle | | | | | | by the wind | tree rules | | 13 | **blow** | | a axe | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/29/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grethel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/)