--- title: When the old folks were asleep, Hansel again got up, and wanted to g… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the old folks were asleep, Hansel again got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before, but the woman had locked the door, and Hansel could not get out. Who acts: old folks, asleep Hansel, other, Hansel. 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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 (old folks, asleep Hansel, other, Hansel), 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:pg2591:20:48 # text = When the old folks were asleep, Hansel again got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before, but the woman had locked the door, and Hansel could not get out. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 26 before before ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 out out ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the old folks | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | past | asleep Hansel | | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **want** | past | asleep Hansel *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **go out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | asleep Hansel *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pick up** | infinitive | asleep Hansel *not said here* | pebbles | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Topic | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | other | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lock** | past · perfect · passive | | the woman | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient door=Result | | 8 | **not** **get out** | could | Hansel | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/49/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/)