--- title: The children, however, had heard the conversation as they lay awake,… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The children, however, had heard the conversation as they lay awake, and as soon as the old people went to sleep Hansel got up, intending to pick up some pebbles as before; but the wife had locked the door, so that he could not get out. Who acts: children, old people, Hansel. 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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, old people, Hansel), 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:pg11027:8:42 # text = The children, however, had heard the conversation as they lay awake, and as soon as the old people went to sleep Hansel got up, intending to pick up some pebbles as before; but the wife had locked the door, so that he could not get out. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 intending intend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 before before ADV RB _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 51 mark _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 fixed _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 52 out out ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the children | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lay** | present | children *= child* | | | | | awake *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | the old people | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | the old people *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get up** | past | Hansel | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **intend** | gerund | Hansel *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **pick up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Hansel *not said here* | some pebbles | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Topic | | 8 | **lock** | past · perfect · passive | | the wife | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient door=Result | | 9 | **not** **get out** | could | Hansel | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/43/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grethel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/)