--- title: He ran or flew after her, touched the cage with the flower, and Jori… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He ran or flew after her, touched the cage with the flower, and Jorinda stood before him, and threw her arms round his neck looking as beautiful as ever, as beautiful as when they walked together in the wood. Who acts: spell, Jorinda, arms. 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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 (spell, Jorinda, arms), 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:pg2591:4:49 # text = He ran or flew after her, touched the cage with the flower, and Jorinda stood before him, and threw her arms round his neck looking as beautiful as ever, as beautiful as when they walked together in the wood. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 Jorinda Jorinda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 round round ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 together together ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | spell | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | past | spell *not said here* | | | | after fairy | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **touch** | past | spell *not said here* | the cage | | | | with the flower | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cage=Theme with flower=Instrument | | 4 | **stand** | past | Jorinda | | | | before spell | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 5 | **throw** | past | | fairy's arms | | | | round spell's neck | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 6 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | beautiful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **walk** | past | arms *= arm* | | | the wood | | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Trajectory | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/4/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/4/50/) - ↑ back to [Jorinda and Jorindel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/4/)