--- title: She sat down in one corner of the room, and began to bewail her hard… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She sat down in one corner of the room, and began to bewail her hard fate; when on a sudden the door opened, and a droll-looking little man hobbled in, and said, ‘Good morrow to you, my good lass; what are you weeping for?’ Who acts: door, looking little man, you. 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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 (door, looking little man, you), 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:pg2591:25:113 # text = She sat down in one corner of the room, and began to bewail her hard fate; when on a sudden the door opened, and a droll-looking little man hobbled in, and said, ‘Good morrow to you, my good lass; what are you weeping for?’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 bewail bewail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 25 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 29 droll droll ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hobbled hobble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 in in ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 lass lass NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 53 obj _ _ 51 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | door | | | one corner of the room | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 2 | **begin** | past | door *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **bewail** | to-infinitive | door *not said here* | door's hard fate | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 4 | **open** | past | | | | a sudden door | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location | | 5 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **hobble** | past | a looking little man | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | door *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **weep** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 9 | **fate** | | door | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/114/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)