--- title: So he laid the stone carefully by his side on the bank: but, as he s… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he laid the stone carefully by his side on the bank: but, as he stooped down to drink, he forgot it, pushed it a little, and down it rolled, plump into the stream. Who acts: Meantime, side. 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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 (Meantime, side), 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:pg2591:3:109 # text = So he laid the stone carefully by his side on the bank: but, as he stooped down to drink, he forgot it, pushed it a little, and down it rolled, plump into the stream. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 plump plump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | Meantime | the stone | | | | by Meantime's side on the bank; carefully *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme by side=Destination | | 2 | **stoop down** | past | Meantime | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | Meantime *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **forget** | past | Meantime | side | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **push** | past | Meantime *not said here* | side | | | | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **roll** | past | side | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **plump** | infinitive | side *not said here* | | | the stream | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/110/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)