--- title: Then Gretel called out to her master: ‘If the guest does not come, I… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Gretel called out to her master: ‘If the guest does not come, I must take the fowls away from the fire, but it will be a sin and a shame if they are not eaten the moment they are at their juiciest.’ Who acts: guest, I, fowls. 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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 (guest, I, fowls), 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:pg2591:26:7 # text = Then Gretel called out to her master: ‘If the guest does not come, I must take the fowls away from the fire, but it will be a sin and a shame if they are not eaten the moment they are at their juiciest.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Gretel Gretel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 If if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 juiciest juicy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | Gretel | Gretel's master | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to master=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | the guest | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | must | I | the fowls | | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fowl=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | future | guest | a sin and a shame | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **eat** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | fowls *= fowl* | | | moment | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | fowls *= fowl* | | | | | juicy *property* | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/8/) - ↑ back to [Clever Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/)