--- title: And when he had spoken these words, the old man was changed into a p… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when he had spoken these words, the old man was changed into a poodle dog, and had a gold collar round his neck, and the cooks were ordered to bring up some live coals, and these he ate, until the flames broke forth from his throat. Who acts: poodle, cooks, these, flames. 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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 (poodle, cooks, these, flames), 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:pg2591:31:27 # text = And when he had spoken these words, the old man was changed into a poodle dog, and had a gold collar round his neck, and the cooks were ordered to bring up some live coals, and these he ate, until the flames broke forth from his throat. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 poodle poodle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 round round ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cooks cook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 37 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 until until SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 49 forth forth ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | poodle | this words | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **change** | past · passive | | the old man | | | | into a poodle dog *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into dog=Result | | 3 | **have** | past | | a gold collar | | | | round poodle's neck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collar=Patient | | 4 | **order** | past · passive | | the cooks | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bring up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the cooks *not said here* | some live coals | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent coal=Patient | | 6 | **eat** | past | these | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **break** | past | the flames | | | | | from poodle's throat; forth *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from throat=Co-Patient | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/28/) - ↑ back to [The Pink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/)