--- title: The sexton's wife waited some time for her husband, but he did not c… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The sexton's wife waited some time for her husband, but he did not come; so at last she became anxious, woke the boy, and asked him if he knew where her husband was, who had gone before him to the belfry. Who acts: wife, boy, husband. 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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 (wife, boy, husband), 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:pg11027:9:30 # text = The sexton's wife waited some time for her husband, but he did not come; so at last she became anxious, woke the boy, and asked him if he knew where her husband was, who had gone before him to the belfry. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sexton sexton NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 belfry belfry NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the sexton's wife | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | boy | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **become** | past | wife | | | | | anxious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **wake** | past | wife *not said here* | the boy | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boy=Patient | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the sexton's wife *not said here* | | boy | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | boy | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past · perfect | wife's husband | | | | before boy | to the belfry; go *property* | tree rules | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/31/) - ↑ back to [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/)