--- title: For she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: For she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful clothes, and put them beneath the tree, that the bird might carry them away, and had lain down again amid the ashes in her little grey frock. Who acts: lamp, you, bird. 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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 (lamp, you, bird), 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:pg2591:33:100 # text = For she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful clothes, and put them beneath the tree, that the bird might carry them away, and had lain down again amid the ashes in her little grey frock. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 on on ADV RB _ 9 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 27 off off ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 50 down down ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 amid amid ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 57 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 58 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past · perfect | lamp | | | | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take off** | past · perfect | lamp *not said here* | lamp's beautiful clothes | | there | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 3 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | clothes | | the tree | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme beneath tree=Destination | | 4 | **carry away** | might | the bird | clothes | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **lie down** | past · perfect | the bird *not said here* | | | the ashes in lamp's little grey frock | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent amid ash=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/101/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)