--- title: Jorinda sat down to gaze upon the sun; Jorindel sat by her side; and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jorinda sat down to gaze upon the sun; Jorindel sat by her side; and both felt sad, they knew not why; but it seemed as if they were to be parted from one another for ever. Who acts: Jorinda, Jorindel, both, doves. 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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 (Jorinda, Jorindel, both, doves), 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:pg2591:4:10 # text = Jorinda sat down to gaze upon the sun; Jorindel sat by her side; and both felt sad, they knew not why; but it seemed as if they were to be parted from one another for ever. 1 Jorinda Jorinda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 Jorindel Jorindel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 18 nsubj _ _ 18 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 24 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 obl _ _ 38 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 37 fixed _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | Jorinda | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gaze** | to-infinitive | Jorinda *not said here* | | | | | upon the sun | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon sun=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | past | Jorindel | | | | | by Jorindel's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 4 | **feel** | past | both | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **know** | past | doves *= dove* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **part** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | doves *= dove* | | | | from one | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from one=Co-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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/4/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/4/11/) - ↑ back to [Jorinda and Jorindel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/4/)