--- title: By the time she came back, Tom had slipped off into the barn; and wh… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: By the time she came back, Tom had slipped off into the barn; and when she had looked about and searched every hole and corner, and found nobody, she went to bed, thinking she must have been dreaming with her eyes open. Who acts: thief, Tom. 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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 (thief, Tom), 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:pg2591:25:63 # text = By the time she came back, Tom had slipped off into the barn; and when she had looked about and searched every hole and corner, and found nobody, she went to bed, thinking she must have been dreaming with her eyes open. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 21 about about ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 31 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 aux _ _ 43 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | thief | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 2 | **slip off** | past · perfect | Tom | | | the barn | time | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **look** | past · perfect | thief | | | | | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **search** | past | Tom *not said here* | every hole and corner | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Location | | 5 | **find** | past | | nobody | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Topic | | 6 | **go** | past | thief | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | thief *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **dream** | must · perfect · progressive | thief | | | | | with thief's eyes; open *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/64/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)