--- title: One of them now noticed a gold ring still remaining on the little fi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One of them now noticed a gold ring still remaining on the little finger of the murdered girl, and as he could not draw it off easily, he took a hatchet and cut off the finger; but the finger sprang into the air, and fell behind the cask into the lap of the girl who was hiding there. 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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 (One, gold ring, fate, finger), 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:pg2591:24:39 # text = One of them now noticed a gold ring still remaining on the little finger of the murdered girl, and as he could not draw it off easily, he took a hatchet and cut off the finger; but the finger sprang into the air, and fell behind the cask into the lap of the girl who was hiding there. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 murdered murder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 28 easily easily ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 36 off off ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 50 behind behind ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past | One of words | a gold ring | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus | | 2 | **remain** | gerund | a gold ring *not said here* | | | the little finger of the murdered girl | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on finger=Location | | 3 | **murder** | participle | | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **draw off** | could | fate | ring | | | | easily *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | fate | a hatchet | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme | | 6 | **cut off** | participle | fate *not said here* | the finger | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector finger=Eventuality | | 7 | **spring** | past | the finger | | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into air=Destination | | 8 | **fall** | past | the finger *not said here* | | | the cask | | into the lap of the girl | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind cask=Location | | 9 | **hide** | past · progressive | the girl | | | there | | | vn concealment-16-1 «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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/40/) - ↑ back to [The Robber Bridegroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/)