--- title: The father and little Marleen heard the sound and ran out, but they… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The father and little Marleen heard the sound and ran out, but they only saw mist and flame and fire rising from the spot, and when these had passed, there stood the little brother, and he took the father and little Marleen by the hand; then they all three rejoiced, and went inside together and sat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/148/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Juniper-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/) / 148 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Juniper-tree, sentence 148 The father and little Marleen heard the sound and ran out, but they only saw mist and flame and fire rising from the spot, and when these had passed, there stood the little brother, and he took the father and little Marleen by the hand; then they all three rejoiced, and went inside together and sat down to their dinners and ate. **Who acts:** father, foot, mist · **What happens:** hear, run out, see, rise, pass, stand · **To what, where:** sound, mist, spot, these, little brother, father This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Juniper-tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, foot, mist), 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:pg2591:38:148 # text = The father and little Marleen heard the sound and ran out, but they only saw mist and flame and fire rising from the spot, and when these had passed, there stood the little brother, and he took the father and little Marleen by the hand; then they all three rejoiced, and went inside together and sat down to their dinners and ate. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Marleen Marleen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Marleen Marleen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 51 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nsubj _ _ 55 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 59 inside inside ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 together together ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 63 down down ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 dinners dinner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the father and little Marleen | the sound | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 2 | **run out** | past | the father and little Marleen *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | foot | mist and flame and fire | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mist=Stimulus | | 4 | **rise** | gerund | mist and flame and fire *not said here* | | | the spot | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from spot=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | these | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 6 | **stand** | past | | the little brother | | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | | 7 | **take** | past | father | | the father and little Marleen | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument father=Destination | | 8 | **rejoice** | past | foot | | | | then | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **go** | past | foot *not said here* | | | | | inside, together *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sit down** | past | foot *not said here* | | | | | to foot's dinners | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **eat** | past | foot *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/147/) - next →: [The Turnip, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/1/) - ↑ back to [The Juniper-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/)