--- title: Before he went away, he sought about in the house to see if there wa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Before he went away, he sought about in the house to see if there was anything which he could take with him; however, he found nothing but an old cheese, and that he put in his pocket. Who acts: tailor, anything. 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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 (tailor, anything), 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:pg2591:19:21 # text = Before he went away, he sought about in the house to see if there was anything which he could take with him; however, he found nothing but an old cheese, and that he put in his pocket. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 nsubj _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 however however ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 28 obj _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | past | tailor | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | past | tailor | | | the house | | about *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | tailor *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anything | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | could | | | | | | with tailor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find** | past | tailor | nothing | | | | however *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 7 | **put** | past | tailor | | | tailor's pocket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pocket=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:** «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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/22/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)