--- title: When the master had turned his back, Gretel laid the spit with the f… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the master had turned his back, Gretel laid the spit with the fowls on one side, and thought: ‘Standing so long by the fire there, makes one sweat and thirsty; who knows when they will come? Who acts: Gretel, Standing, 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 (Gretel, Standing, 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:pg2591:26:9 # text = When the master had turned his back, Gretel laid the spit with the fowls on one side, and thought: ‘Standing so long by the fire there, makes one sweat and thirsty; who knows when they will come? 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 Gretel Gretel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fowls fowls NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 csubj _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 sweat sweat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | | the master | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme back=Result | | 2 | **lay** | past | Gretel | the spit | | one side | | with the fowls | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spit=Theme on side=Destination | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Gretel *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | by the fire; long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location | | 5 | **make** | present | Standing | one sweat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sweat=Product | | 6 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **come** | future | fowls *= fowl* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/10/) - ↑ back to [Clever Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/26/)