--- title: The good little duck did so, and when they were once safely across a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The good little duck did so, and when they were once safely across and had walked for a short time, the forest seemed to be more and more familiar to them, and at length they saw from afar their father’s house. Who acts: good little duck, Hansel, forest. 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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 (good little duck, Hansel, forest), 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:pg2591:20:131 # text = The good little duck did so, and when they were once safely across and had walked for a short time, the forest seemed to be more and more familiar to them, and at length they saw from afar their father’s house. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 13 safely safely ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 across across ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 28 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 31 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 afar afar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the good little duck | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Hansel | | | | | across, once, safely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **walk** | past · perfect | the good little duck *not said here* | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | past | the forest | length | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | the forest *not said here* | | Hansel | | | familiar *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | Hansel | length *not said here* | | Hansel's father's afar house | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer length=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:** «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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/132/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/)