--- title: They were in truth great rascals, and belonged to that class of peop… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They were in truth great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost; they were tired; so they sat down and made a fire under the very tree where Frederick and Catherine were. Who acts: nuts, truth great rascals, people. 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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 (nuts, truth great rascals, people), 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:pg2591:29:70 # text = They were in truth great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost; they were tired; so they sat down and made a fire under the very tree where Frederick and Catherine were. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rascals rascal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 before before SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 30 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 under under ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 40 Frederick Frederick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | nuts *= nut* | | | truth great rascals | | | tree rules | | 2 | **belong** | past | truth great rascals *not said here* | | | | | to that class of people | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | present | people | things | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 4 | **lose** | present · passive | | nuts *= nut* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | past | nuts *= nut* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sit down** | past | nuts *= nut* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | past | nuts *= nut* *not said here* | a fire | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product | | 8 | **is** | past | nuts *= nut* *not said here* | | | the tree | | | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/71/) - ↑ back to [Frederick and Catherine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/)