--- title: Once again the wife stood under the juniper-tree, and it was so full… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Once again the wife stood under the juniper-tree, and it was so full of sweet scent that her heart leaped for joy, and she was so overcome with her happiness, that she fell on her knees. Who acts: wife, tree, heart. 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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 (wife, tree, heart), 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:pg2591:38:9 # text = Once again the wife stood under the juniper-tree, and it was so full of sweet scent that her heart leaped for joy, and she was so overcome with her happiness, that she fell on her knees. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 juniper juniper NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 overcome overcome ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the wife | | | the juniper tree | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | tree | | | | | of sweet scent; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **leap** | participle | wife's heart | | | | | for joy | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | heart | | | | | with wife's happiness; overcome *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | past | heart | | | wife's knees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/10/) - ↑ back to [The Juniper-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/)