--- title: When one of the chickens was swallowed down, and still her master di… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When one of the chickens was swallowed down, and still her master did not come, Gretel looked at the other and said: ‘What one is, the other should be likewise, the two go together; what’s right for the one is right for the other; I think if I were to take another draught it would do me no harm.’ Wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Clever Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/) / 24 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel, sentence 24 When one of the chickens was swallowed down, and still her master did not come, Gretel looked at the other and said: ‘What one is, the other should be likewise, the two go together; what’s right for the one is right for the other; I think if I were to take another draught it would do me no harm.’ **Who acts:** master, Gretel, other, two, I, draught · **What happens:** swallow down, not come, look, say, be, go together · **To what, where:** one, draught, harm, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Clever Gretel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, Gretel, other, two), 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:pg2591:26:24 # text = When one of the chickens was swallowed down, and still her master did not come, Gretel looked at the other and said: ‘What one is, the other should be likewise, the two go together; what’s right for the one is right for the other; I think if I were to take another draught it would do me no harm.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 18 Gretel Gretel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 nsubj _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 39 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 together together ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 44 right right ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 56 if if SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 ccomp _ _ 61 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 62 det _ _ 62 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 66 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 iobj _ _ 67 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 68 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow down** | past · passive | | one of the chickens | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | chicken's master | | | | still | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | Gretel | | | | | at the other | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at other=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gretel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | should | the other | | | | | likewise *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go together** | present | the two | | | | | together *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | for the other; right *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | another draught | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Theme | | 10 | **do** | would | draught | no harm | me | | | | tree rules | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/25/) - ↑ back to [Clever Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/)