--- title: Hansel and Grethel were so frightened that they let fall what they h… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Hansel and Grethel were so frightened that they let fall what they had in their hands; but the old woman, nodding her head, said, "Ah, you dear children, what has brought you here? Who acts: you, Grethel, crutches, old woman. 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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, crutches, old woman), 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:pg11027:8:67 # text = Hansel and Grethel were so frightened that they let fall what they had in their hands; but the old woman, nodding her head, said, "Ah, you dear children, what has brought you here? 1 Hansel hansel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 Grethel Grethel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 nodding nod VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? 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 | **is** | past | Grethel | | | | | frightened *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | past | crutches *= crutch* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | infinitive | crutches *= crutch* *not said here* | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient what=Result | | 5 | **have** | past | crutches *= crutch* | | | crutches's hands | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **nod** | gerund | the old woman *not said here* | woman's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **child** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | dear children | | here | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination you=Theme | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/68/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grethel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/8/)