--- title: She ran down, set a jug, said: ‘God bless it for you, Gretel,’ and t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She ran down, set a jug, said: ‘God bless it for you, Gretel,’ and took a good drink, and thought that wine should flow on, and should not be interrupted, and took yet another hearty draught. Who acts: Gretel, God, wine. 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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 (Gretel, God, wine), 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:pg2591:26:11 # text = She ran down, set a jug, said: ‘God bless it for you, Gretel,’ and took a good drink, and thought that wine should flow on, and should not be interrupted, and took yet another hearty draught. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Gretel Gretel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 33 on on ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 interrupted interrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 yet yet ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 45 hearty hearty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run down** | past | Gretel | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **set** | infinitive | Gretel *not said here* | a jug | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient jug=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **bless** | infinitive | God | jug | | | | for you; Gretel *obl* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for you=Attribute | | 5 | **take** | past | | a good drink | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Gretel *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **flow on** | should | that wine | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **interrupt** | should · passive | Gretel *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **take** | past | Gretel *not said here* | another hearty draught | | | yet | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=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/pg2591/26/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/12/) - ↑ back to [Clever Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/)