--- title: ‘O Frederick!’ answered she, ‘I was cooking you a steak; but while I… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘O Frederick!’ answered she, ‘I was cooking you a steak; but while I went down to draw the ale, the dog ran away with it; and while I ran after him, the ale ran out; and when I went to dry up the ale with the sack of meal that we got at the fair, I upset the jug: but the cellar is now quite dry, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/25/) [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/) / [Frederick and Catherine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/) / 25 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Frederick and Catherine, sentence 25 ‘O Frederick!’ answered she, ‘I was cooking you a steak; but while I went down to draw the ale, the dog ran away with it; and while I ran after him, the ale ran out; and when I went to dry up the ale with the sack of meal that we got at the fair, I upset the jug: but the cellar is now quite dry, and looks so clean!’ **Who acts:** Frederick, I, dog, ale, we, cellar · **What happens:** answer, cook, go down, draw, run away, run · **To what, where:** wife, steak, you, ale, sack, fair This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Frederick and Catherine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Frederick, I, dog, ale), 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:pg2591:29:25 # text = ‘O Frederick!’ answered she, ‘I was cooking you a steak; but while I went down to draw the ale, the dog ran away with it; and while I ran after him, the ale ran out; and when I went to dry up the ale with the sack of meal that we got at the fair, I upset the jug: but the cellar is now quite dry, and looks so clean!’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O o INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 3 Frederick Frederick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 steak steak NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 down down ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 obl _ _ 61 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 upset upset VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 : : PUNCT : _ 78 punct _ _ 72 but but CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nsubj _ _ 75 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 76 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 78 advmod _ _ 77 quite quite ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 82 so so ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 83 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ! ! PUNCT . _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 81 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Frederick | | wife | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 2 | **cook** | past · progressive | I | a steak | you | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary steak=Product | | 3 | **go down** | past | I | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **draw** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the ale | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Theme | | 5 | **run away** | past | the dog | the ale *not said here* | | | | with ale; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Product with it=Material | | 6 | **run** | past | I | | | | after dog | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run out** | past | the ale | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **dry up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the ale | | | | with the sack of meal | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ale=Patient with sack=Instrument | | 10 | **get** | past | we | the sack of meal | | the fair | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **upset** | past | I | the jug | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jug=Experiencer | | 12 | **is** | present | the cellar | | | | now | dry *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **look** | present | | | | | | clean *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/26/) - ↑ back to [Frederick and Catherine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/)