--- title: So the cunning thief climbed up the tree, and brought away to his fa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the cunning thief climbed up the tree, and brought away to his father the five eggs from under the bird; and it never saw or felt what he was doing, but kept sitting on at its ease. Who acts: cunning thief, egg, father. 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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 (cunning thief, egg, father), 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:pg2591:43:28 # text = So the cunning thief climbed up the tree, and brought away to his father the five eggs from under the bird; and it never saw or felt what he was doing, but kept sitting on at its ease. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 on on ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | past | the cunning thief | the tree | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 2 | **bring away** | past | the cunning thief *not said here* | the five eggs | thief's father | | | from the bird; away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme to father=Destination from bird=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **see** | past | egg | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **feel** | past | egg *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | past · progressive | father | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** | past | egg *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sit on** | gerund | egg *not said here* | | | egg's ease | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at ease=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/29/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)