--- title: Frederick of course made no objection to that plan, and they set off… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Frederick of course made no objection to that plan, and they set off into the wood to look for the thieves; but they could not find them: and when it grew dark, they climbed up into a tree to spend the night there. Who acts: Frederick, nuts, objection. 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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 (Frederick, nuts, objection), 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:pg2591:29:68 # text = Frederick of course made no objection to that plan, and they set off into the wood to look for the thieves; but they could not find them: and when it grew dark, they climbed up into a tree to spend the night there. 1 Frederick Frederick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 objection objection NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 off off ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 up up ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Frederick of course | no objection | | | | to that plan | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Product | | 2 | **set off** | past | nuts *= nut* | | | the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | nuts *= nut* *not said here* | | | | | for the thieves | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for thief=Theme | | 4 | **not** **find** | could | nuts *= nut* | thieves *= thief* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 5 | **grow** | past | objection | | | | | dark *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **climb up** | past | nuts *= nut* | | | a tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination | | 7 | **spend** | to-infinitive | nuts *= nut* *not said here* | | | there | night | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/69/) - ↑ back to [Frederick and Catherine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/)