--- title: Catherine, who had the door on her shoulder, began to be very tired;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Catherine, who had the door on her shoulder, began to be very tired; but she thought it was the nuts upon it that were so heavy: so she said softly, ‘Frederick, I must let the nuts go.’ Who acts: Catherine, door, nuts, 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 (Catherine, door, nuts, 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:pg2591:29:73 # text = Catherine, who had the door on her shoulder, began to be very tired; but she thought it was the nuts upon it that were so heavy: so she said softly, ‘Frederick, I must let the nuts go.’ 1 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 ccomp _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 softly softly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Frederick Frederick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Catherine | the door | | Catherine's shoulder | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 2 | **begin** | past | Catherine *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | Catherine *not said here* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Catherine | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | door | the nuts | | | | upon shoulder | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the nuts | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Catherine | | | | | softly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **let** | must | I | Frederick | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **go** | present | the nuts | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/74/) - ↑ back to [Frederick and Catherine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/)