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title: When Mr Korbes came home, he went to the fireplace to make a fire; b… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: When Mr Korbes came home, he went to the fireplace to make a fire; but the cat threw all the ashes in his eyes: so he ran to the kitchen to wash himself; but there the duck splashed all the water in his face; and when he tried to wipe himself, the egg broke to pieces in the towel all over his face a
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, 2. How Chanticleer and Partlet Went to Visit Mr Korbes, sentence 11

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When Mr Korbes came home, he went to the fireplace to make a fire; but the cat threw all the ashes in his eyes: so he ran to the kitchen to wash himself; but there the duck splashed all the water in his face; and when he tried to wipe himself, the egg broke to pieces in the towel all over his face and eyes.

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**Who acts:** Mr, cat, duck, egg · **What happens:** come, go, make, throw, run, wash · **To what, where:** fireplace, fire, ashes, eyes, cat, water

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, 2. How Chanticleer and Partlet Went to Visit Mr Korbes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mr, cat, duck, egg), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:17:11
# text = When Mr Korbes came home, he went to the fireplace to make a fire; but the cat threw all the ashes in his eyes: so he ran to the kitchen to wash himself; but there the duck splashed all the water in his face; and when he tried to wipe himself, the egg broke to pieces in the towel all over his face and eyes.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Korbes	Korbes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
21	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	23	det:predet	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
28	so	so	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	advcl	_	_
36	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
39	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	42	expl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
42	splashed	splash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
43	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	45	det:predet	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	53	advmod	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	xcomp	_	_
56	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
60	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	_
63	in	in	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
66	all	all	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
67	over	over	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Mr |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | Mr |  |  | the fireplace |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fireplace=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | Mr *not said here* | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product |
| 4 | **throw** | past | the cat | all ashes |  | cat's eyes |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ash=Theme in eye=Destination |
| 5 | **run** | past | cat |  |  |  |  | to the kitchen *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to kitchen=Result |
| 6 | **wash** | to-infinitive | cat *not said here* | cat |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 7 | **splash** | past | the duck | all water |  | duck's face; there |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme in face=Destination |
| 8 | **try** | past | duck |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 9 | **wipe** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | duck *not said here* | cat |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent himself=Source |
| 10 | **break** | past | the egg |  |  | the towel |  | to pieces; over egg's face and eyes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in towel=Location |

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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.

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**Text:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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