--- title: ‘And one of the robbers saw that there was a gold ring still left on… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And one of the robbers saw that there was a gold ring still left on her finger, and as it was difficult to draw off, he took a hatchet and cut off her finger; but the finger sprang into the air and fell behind the great cask into my lap. Who acts: ‘, gold ring, finger. 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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 (‘, gold ring, 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:pg2591:24:70 # text = ‘And one of the robbers saw that there was a gold ring still left on her finger, and as it was difficult to draw off, he took a hatchet and cut off her finger; but the finger sprang into the air and fell behind the great cask into my lap. 1 ‘ ‘ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 expl _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 csubj _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 35 off off ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 48 behind behind ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | ‘ | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | a gold ring | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | a gold ring *not said here* | | ‘'s finger | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on finger=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | finger *not said here* | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **draw off** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | past | finger | a hatchet | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme | | 7 | **cut off** | participle | finger *not said here* | ‘'s finger | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector finger=Eventuality | | 8 | **spring** | past | the finger | | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into air=Destination | | 9 | **fall** | past | the finger *not said here* | | | the great cask | | into my lap | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind cask=Location | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/71/) - ↑ back to [The Robber Bridegroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/)