--- title: In a corner, meanwhile, sat the younger son, listening, but he could… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: In a corner, meanwhile, sat the younger son, listening, but he could not comprehend what was said, and he thought, "They say continually, 'Oh, it makes us shiver, it makes us shiver!' but perhaps shivering is an art which I cannot understand." Who acts: way, sons, corner, us. 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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 (way, sons, corner, us), 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:pg11027:9:4 # text = In a corner, meanwhile, sat the younger son, listening, but he could not comprehend what was said, and he thought, "They say continually, 'Oh, it makes us shiver, it makes us shiver!' but perhaps shivering is an art which I cannot understand." 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 comprehend comprehend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 continually continually ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 shiver shiver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 shiver shiver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 48 shivering shivering NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 obj _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | | the younger son | | a corner | | meanwhile *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent son=Theme in corner=Location | | 2 | **listen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **comprehend** | could | way | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | way | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | sons *= son* | | | | | continually *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | present | corner | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **shiver** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | present | corner | us | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **shiver** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | shivering | a art | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **not** **understand** *in a quote* | can | way | a art | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/5/) - ↑ back to [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/)