--- title: When Sunday came, and it was time for the girl to start, a feeling o… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When Sunday came, and it was time for the girl to start, a feeling of dread came over her which she could not explain, and that she might be able to find her path again, she filled her pockets with peas and lentils to sprinkle on the ground as she went along. Who acts: Sunday, way, feeling. 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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 (Sunday, way, feeling), 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:pg2591:24:11 # text = When Sunday came, and it was time for the girl to start, a feeling of dread came over her which she could not explain, and that she might be able to find her path again, she filled her pockets with peas and lentils to sprinkle on the ground as she went along. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 dread dread NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 lentils lentil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 sprinkle sprinkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 56 along along ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Sunday | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | way | time | | | | for the girl | tree rules | | 3 | **start** | to-infinitive | Sunday *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **come** | past | a feeling of dread | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **explain** *speech: assert* | could | feeling | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | might | feeling | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | feeling *not said here* | feeling's path | | | again | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Topic | | 8 | **fill** | past | feeling | feeling's pockets | | | | with peas and lentils | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient with pea=Instrument | | 9 | **sprinkle** | to-infinitive | feeling *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on ground=Destination | | 10 | **go along** | past | feeling | | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/12/) - ↑ back to [The Robber Bridegroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/)