--- title: He said nothing, but took hold of them and led them to a beautiful t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He said nothing, but took hold of them and led them to a beautiful table covered with all sorts of good things: and when they had eaten and drunk, he showed each of them to a bed-chamber. Who acts: man, brother. 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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 (man, brother), 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:pg2591:36:14 # text = He said nothing, but took hold of them and led them to a beautiful table covered with all sorts of good things: and when they had eaten and drunk, he showed each of them to a bed-chamber. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | | hold of brother | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 3 | **lead** | past | | brother | | a beautiful table | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to table=Destination | | 4 | **cover** | participle | | a beautiful table *not said here* | | | | with all sorts of good things | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sort=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | past · perfect | brother | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **show** | past | man | each | a bed chamber | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Topic to chamber=Recipient | | 7 | **hold** | | | brother | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **sort** | | | good things | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/15/) - ↑ back to [The Queen Bee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/)