--- title: Next morning, to the astonishment of everyone, he came out again saf… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning, to the astonishment of everyone, he came out again safe and unharmed, and said to the lord of the castle: ‘The dogs have revealed to me, in their own language, why they dwell there, and bring evil on the land. Who acts: youth, dogs. 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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 (youth, dogs), 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:pg2591:41:23 # text = Next morning, to the astonishment of everyone, he came out again safe and unharmed, and said to the lord of the castle: ‘The dogs have revealed to me, in their own language, why they dwell there, and bring evil on the land. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 out out ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 unharmed unharmed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 47 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | youth | | | | again; morning | out, safe *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the lord of the castle | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient | | 3 | **reveal** | present · perfect · passive | | the dogs | me | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to i=Recipient | | 4 | **dwell** | present | dogs *= dog* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | infinitive | dogs *= dog* *not said here* | evil | | the land | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent evil=Theme on land=Destination | | 6 | **astonish** | | | everyone | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: of=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/24/) - ↑ back to [The Three Languages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/)