--- title: And they flew down into the ashes; and the little doves put their he… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And they flew down into the ashes; and the little doves put their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began pick, pick, pick; and they put all the good grain into the dishes, and left all the ashes. Who acts: doves, little doves, others. 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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 (doves, little doves, others), 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:pg2591:33:87 # text = And they flew down into the ashes; and the little doves put their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began pick, pick, pick; and they put all the good grain into the dishes, and left all the ashes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly down** | past | doves *= dove* | | | | | into the ashes *result*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into ash=Result | | 2 | **put down** | past | the little doves | doves's heads | | | | down *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent head=Goal | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pick** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pick** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pick** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **begin** | past | the others | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 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** | infinitive | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **put** | past | doves *= dove* | all good grain | | the dishes | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent grain=Goal | | 13 | **leave** | past | doves *= dove* *not said here* | all 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/88/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)