--- title: Then a stone, who saw what had happened, came up and kindly offered… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then a stone, who saw what had happened, came up and kindly offered to help poor Chanticleer by laying himself across the stream; and this time he got safely to the other side with the hearse, and managed to get Partlet out of it; but the fox and the other mourners, who were sitting behind, were too --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/) / 24 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, 3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief, sentence 24 Then a stone, who saw what had happened, came up and kindly offered to help poor Chanticleer by laying himself across the stream; and this time he got safely to the other side with the hearse, and managed to get Partlet out of it; but the fox and the other mourners, who were sitting behind, were too heavy, and fell back into the water and were all carried away by the stream and drowned. **Who acts:** stone, other mourners, fox, stream · **What happens:** see, happen, come up, offer, help, lay · **To what, where:** poor Chanticleer, stone, stream, Partlet, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, 3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stone, other mourners, fox, stream), 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:pg2591:18:24 # text = Then a stone, who saw what had happened, came up and kindly offered to help poor Chanticleer by laying himself across the stream; and this time he got safely to the other side with the hearse, and managed to get Partlet out of it; but the fox and the other mourners, who were sitting behind, were too heavy, and fell back into the water and were all carried away by the stream and drowned. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 up up ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 18 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Chanticleer chanticleer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 across across ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 safely safely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hearse hearse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 Partlet partlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 out out ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 mourners mourner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 59 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 acl _ _ 61 behind behind ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 63 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 64 too too ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 69 back back ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 70 into into ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 74 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 aux:pass _ _ 75 all all ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 conj _ _ 77 away away ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 78 by by ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 82 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | a stone | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come up** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **offer** | participle | | | | | | kindly *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **help** | to-infinitive | | poor Chanticleer | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chanticleer=Beneficiary | | 6 | **lay** | gerund | | stone | | the stream | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result | | 7 | **get** | past | stone | | | | time | to the other side with the hearse *result*; safely *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to side=Result | | 8 | **manage** | past | stone *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **get** | to-infinitive | stone *not said here* | Partlet | | stream | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer partlet=Stimulus | | 10 | **sit** | past · progressive | the other mourners | | | | | behind *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** | past | the fox and the other mourners | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **fall back** | past | | | | | | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | | 13 | **carry away** | past · passive | the stream | | | | | all, away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **drown** | past | the stream *not said here* | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/25/) - ↑ back to [3. 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