--- title: And the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick: and among them all they soon picked out all the good grain, and put it into a dish but left the ashes. Who acts: little doves, others, doves. 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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 (little doves, others, doves), 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:pg2591:33:74 # text = And the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick: and among them all they soon picked out all the good grain, and put it into a dish but left the ashes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 among among ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nmod:unmarked _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stoop down** | past | the little doves | doves's heads | | | | down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | | 2 | **set** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pick** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pick** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pick** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **begin** | past | the others | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **pick** | to-infinitive | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pick** | infinitive | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **pick** | infinitive | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **pick out** | past | doves *= dove* | all good grain | | | | among doves *= dove*; soon *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient | | 12 | **put** | infinitive | doves *= dove* *not said here* | grain | | a dish | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 13 | **leave** | past | doves *= dove* *not said here* | the ashes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/75/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)