--- title: The steak soon began to look brown, and to crackle in the pan; and C… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The steak soon began to look brown, and to crackle in the pan; and Catherine stood by with a fork and turned it: then she said to herself, ‘The steak is almost ready, I may as well go to the cellar for the ale.’ Who acts: steak, Catherine, I. 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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 (steak, Catherine, I), 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:pg2591:29:7 # text = The steak soon began to look brown, and to crackle in the pan; and Catherine stood by with a fork and turned it: then she said to herself, ‘The steak is almost ready, I may as well go to the cellar for the ale.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 steak steak NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 crackle crackle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 steak steak NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 almost almost ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 44 cc _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 fixed _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the steak | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | the steak *not said here* | | | | | brown *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **crackle** | to-infinitive | the steak *not said here* | | | the pan | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pan=Location | | 4 | **stand** | past | Catherine | | | | | by a fork | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fork=Location | | 5 | **turn** | past | Catherine *not said here* | steak | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Catherine | | Catherine | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to herself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 7 | **is** | present | the steak | | | | | almost, ready *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | may | I | | | the cellar | | for the ale | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cellar=Initial\_Location | 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/pg2591/29/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/8/) - ↑ back to [Frederick and Catherine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/)