--- title: She ran to the window, to see if the master was not coming with his… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She ran to the window, to see if the master was not coming with his guest, but she saw no one, and went back to the fowls and thought: ‘One of the wings is burning! Who acts: Gretel, master, One. 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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, master, One), 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:pg2591:26:16 # text = She ran to the window, to see if the master was not coming with his guest, but she saw no one, and went back to the fowls and thought: ‘One of the wings is burning! 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 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Gretel | | | | | to the window *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to window=Result | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Gretel *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | the master | | | | | with master's guest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Gretel | no one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 5 | **go back** | past | | | | | | to the fowls *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fowl=Result | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **burn** | present · progressive | One of the wings | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/17/) - ↑ back to [Clever Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/)