--- title: Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, “Good morning”, and don’t peep into every corner before you d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/4/) [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/) / [Little Red-cap \[little Red Riding Hood\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/) / 4 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Little Red-cap \[little Red Riding Hood\], sentence 4 Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, “Good morning”, and don’t peep into every corner before you do it.’ **Who acts:** cake, you, grandmother · **What happens:** set out, get, go, walk, not run off, fall · **To what, where:** path, bottle, nothing, room · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Little Red-cap \[little Red Riding Hood\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cake, you, grandmother), 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:pg2591:23:4 # text = Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, “Good morning”, and don’t peep into every corner before you do it.’ 1 Set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 nicely nicely ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 15 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 51 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 52 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 “ " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 64 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 66 into into ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 68 det _ _ 68 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 before before SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | participle | cake *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | cake | | | | | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **go** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | nicely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **run off** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | the path | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Trajectory | | 6 | **fall** | may | you | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **break** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the bottle | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bottle=Patient | | 8 | **get** | future | your grandmother | nothing | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 9 | **go** | present | you | | | grandmother's room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **not** **forget** | infinitive · do-support | cake *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | cake *not said here* | | | | morning | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **not** **peep** | infinitive · do-support | cake *not said here* | | | | | into every corner | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into corner=Theme | | 13 | **do** | present | you | bottle | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/5/) - ↑ back to [Little Red-cap \[little Red Riding Hood\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/)