--- title: There they saw a little grey old man sitting at a table; and they ca… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There they saw a little grey old man sitting at a table; and they called to him once or twice, but he did not hear: however, they called a third time, and then he rose and came out to them. Who acts: brother, little grey old man, man. 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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 (brother, little grey old man, man), 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:pg2591:36:13 # text = There they saw a little grey old man sitting at a table; and they called to him once or twice, but he did not hear: however, they called a third time, and then he rose and came out to them. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 16 advmod _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 however however ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 35 amod _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 out out ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | brother | a little grey old man | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | a little grey old man *not said here* | | | a table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 3 | **call** | past | brother | | man | | | once *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | man | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **call** | past | brother | a third time | | | | however *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rise** | past | man | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come out** | past | man *not said here* | | brother | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/14/) - ↑ back to [The Queen Bee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/)