--- title: At the second note the hangman let his prisoner go, and danced also,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the second note the hangman let his prisoner go, and danced also, and by the time he had played the first bar of the tune, all were dancing together--judge, court, and miser, and all the people who had followed to look on. Who acts: hangman, prisoner, all. 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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 (hangman, prisoner, all), 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:pg2591:33:42 # text = At the second note the hangman let his prisoner go, and danced also, and by the time he had played the first bar of the tune, all were dancing together--judge, court, and miser, and all the people who had followed to look on. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hangman hangman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 also also ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 bar bar NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 33 together together ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 miser miser NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 51 on on ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | the hangman | | | the second note | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | hangman's prisoner | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dance** | past | the hangman *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **play** | past · perfect | prisoner | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme | | 5 | **dance** | past · progressive | all | | | | | together *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | all people | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **look on** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/43/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)