--- title: Just then she looked out of the window and saw him coming, and it se… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Just then she looked out of the window and saw him coming, and it seemed as if an evil spirit entered into her, for she snatched the apple out of her little daughter’s hand, and said, ‘You shall not have one before your brother.’ Who acts: mother, brother, it, evil spirit. 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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 (mother, brother, it, evil spirit), 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:pg2591:38:24 # text = Just then she looked out of the window and saw him coming, and it seemed as if an evil spirit entered into her, for she snatched the apple out of her little daughter’s hand, and said, ‘You shall not have one before your brother.’ 1 Just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obj _ _ 48 before before ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | past | mother | the window | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | mother *not said here* | brother | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | gerund | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | past | a evil spirit | | | | | into mother | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into she=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **snatch** | past | mother | the apple | | mother's little daughter's hand | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent apple=Theme out hand=Source | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **have** | shall | You | one | | | before your brother | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/25/) - ↑ back to [The Juniper-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/)