--- title: Three times every day she went to it and cried; and soon a little bi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Three times every day she went to it and cried; and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her, and watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for. Who acts: twig, little 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 (twig, little 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:pg2591:33:62 # text = Three times every day she went to it and cried; and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her, and watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | twig | | | hat | day; time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | twig *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | a little bird | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **build** | past | a little bird *not said here* | hat's nest | | | | upon the tree | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | | 5 | **talk** | past | a little bird *not said here* | | | | | with twig | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent | | 6 | **watch** | past | a little bird *not said here* | | | | | over twig | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over she=Location | | 7 | **bring** | past | a little bird *not said here* | whatever | twig | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination whatever=Theme | | 8 | **wish** | past | twig | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/63/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)