--- title: In the evening he cut out the work, and went to bed early, that he m… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening he cut out the work, and went to bed early, that he might get up and begin betimes next day; but he was saved all the trouble, for when he got up in the morning the work was done ready to his hand. Who acts: customer, work. 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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, work), 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:pg2591:37:8 # text = In the evening he cut out the work, and went to bed early, that he might get up and begin betimes next day; but he was saved all the trouble, for when he got up in the morning the work was done ready to his hand. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 betimes betimes ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 done done ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut out** | past | customer | the work | | | evening | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector work=Eventuality | | 2 | **go** | past | customer *not said here* | | | bed | | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **get up** | might | customer | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **begin** | present | customer *not said here* | | | | day | betimes *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **save** | past · passive | | customer | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary trouble=Theme | | 6 | **get up** | past | customer | | | | morning | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | the work | the morning *not said here* | | | | to customer's hand; ready *property* | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/37/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/37/9/) - ↑ back to [The Elves and the Shoemaker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/37/)