--- title: But all this was of no avail, and he thought to himself if two lie i… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But all this was of no avail, and he thought to himself if two lie in a bed together they warm each other; so he put the body in the bed, and covering it up laid himself down by its side. Who acts: this, man, two, arms. 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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, man, two, arms), 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:pg11027:9:139 # text = But all this was of no avail, and he thought to himself if two lie in a bed together they warm each other; so he put the body in the bed, and covering it up laid himself down by its side. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 avail avail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obl _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 warm warm VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 23 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 22 obj _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 covering cover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 csubj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this | | | | | of all avail | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | | man | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lie** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | two | | | a bed | | together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 4 | **warm** | present | arms *= arm* | each | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent each=Patient | | 5 | **put** | past | man | the body | | the bed | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent body=Theme in bed=Destination | | 6 | **cover up** | gerund | | bed | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | | 7 | **lay down** | past | covering | man | | | | by bed's side | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme by side=Destination | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/140/) - ↑ back to [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/)