--- title: Then he carried the child away to a secret place, where a nurse was… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he carried the child away to a secret place, where a nurse was obliged to suckle it, and he ran to the king and accused the queen of having allowed her child to be taken from her by the wild beasts. Who acts: cook, wild beasts. 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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 (cook, wild beasts), 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:pg2591:31:8 # text = Then he carried the child away to a secret place, where a nurse was obliged to suckle it, and he ran to the king and accused the queen of having allowed her child to be taken from her by the wild beasts. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carried carry 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 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 suckle suckle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 accused accuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 aux _ _ 33 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry away** | past | cook | the child | | a secret place | then | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to place=Destination | | 2 | **oblige** | past · passive | | a nurse | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **suckle** | to-infinitive | | nurse | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | cook | | | | | to the king *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to king=Result | | 5 | **accuse** | past | cook *not said here* | the queen | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 6 | **allow** | gerund · perfect | | the queen *not said here* | angel's child | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive · passive | the wild beasts | | | | | from angel | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from she=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/9/) - ↑ back to [The Pink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/)