--- title: They did not awake until it was dark night, and Hansel comforted his… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They did not awake until it was dark night, and Hansel comforted his little sister and said: ‘Just wait, Gretel, until the moon rises, and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have strewn about, they will show us our way home again.’ Who acts: Hansel, fire, moon, we. 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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 (Hansel, fire, moon, we), 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:pg2591:20:61 # text = They did not awake until it was dark night, and Hansel comforted his little sister and said: ‘Just wait, Gretel, until the moon rises, and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have strewn about, they will show us our way home again.’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 until until ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Gretel Gretel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 strewn strewn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 about about ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 49 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 home home ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 53 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Hansel | | | | | awake *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | fire | | | | until dark night | | tree rules | | 3 | **comfort** | past | Hansel | Gretel's little sister | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hansel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **wait** | infinitive | | Gretel | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | present | the moon | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | shall | we | the crumbs of bread | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crumb=Stimulus | | 8 | **strewn** | present · perfect · passive | | bread | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **show** | future | Hansel | our way | us | | again | home *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient way=Topic | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/62/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/)