--- title: One evening, about Christmas-time, as he and his wife were sitting o… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One evening, about Christmas-time, as he and his wife were sitting over the fire chatting together, he said to her, ‘I should like to sit up and watch tonight, that we may see who it is that comes and does my work for me.’ Who acts: customer, I, we, fire. 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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 (customer, I, we, fire), 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:pg2591:37:11 # text = One evening, about Christmas-time, as he and his wife were sitting over the fire chatting together, he said to her, ‘I should like to sit up and watch tonight, that we may see who it is that comes and does my work for me.’ 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 16 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 chatting chat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 36 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 41 ccomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | customer | Christmas time *not said here* | | the fire | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent time=Theme over fire=Location | | 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | customer *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | customer | | wife | | evening | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to she=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **sit up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **watch** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | tonight | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | may | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | present | fire | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come** | present | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **do** | present | we *not said here* | my work | | | | for me | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 11 | **work** | | my | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/37/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/37/12/) - ↑ back to [The Elves and the Shoemaker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/37/)