--- title: Then they went to sleep; but the evening arrived and no one came to… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went to sleep; but the evening arrived and no one came to visit the poor children, and in the dark night they awoke, and Hansel comforted his sister by saying, "Only wait, Grethel, till the moon comes out, then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have dropped, and they will show us th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/53/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Hansel and Grethel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/) / 53 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Hansel and Grethel, sentence 53 Then they went to sleep; but the evening arrived and no one came to visit the poor children, and in the dark night they awoke, and Hansel comforted his sister by saying, "Only wait, Grethel, till the moon comes out, then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have dropped, and they will show us the way home." **Who acts:** wood, evening, one, Hansel, moon, we · **What happens:** go, sleep, arrive, come, visit, awake · **To what, where:** poor children, sister, Grethel, crumbs, way, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Hansel and Grethel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wood, evening, one, 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:pg11027:8:53 # text = Then they went to sleep; but the evening arrived and no one came to visit the poor children, and in the dark night they awoke, and Hansel comforted his sister by saying, "Only wait, Grethel, till the moon comes out, then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have dropped, and they will show us the way home." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 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 31 obj _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Grethel Grethel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 till till SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 50 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 66 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 iobj _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 home home ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | wood | | | | then | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | wood *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **arrive** | past | the evening | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | no one | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **visit** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | the poor children | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-Agent | | 6 | **awake** | past | wood | | | | night | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **comfort** | past | Hansel | Hansel's sister | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Hansel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Grethel | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **come out** *in a quote* | present | the moon | | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | we | the crumbs of bread | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crumb=Stimulus | | 12 | **drop** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the crumbs of bread | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 13 | **show** *in a quote* | future | wood | the way | us | | | home *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient way=Topic | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/54/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grethel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/)