--- title: So at last they set out together, and took with them their little ch… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So at last they set out together, and took with them their little child; and she chose a large hall with thick walls for him to sit in while the wedding-torches were lighted; but, unluckily, no one saw that there was a crack in the door. Who acts: thoughts, child, one, crack. 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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 (thoughts, child, one, crack), 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:pg2591:44:32 # text = So at last they set out together, and took with them their little child; and she chose a large hall with thick walls for him to sit in while the wedding-torches were lighted; but, unluckily, no one saw that there was a crack in the door. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 torches torch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 unluckily unluckily ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | thoughts *= thought* | | | last | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | thoughts *= thought* *not said here* | | thoughts's little child | | | with thoughts *= thought* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | | 3 | **choose** | past | child | a large hall | | | | with thick walls; for feast | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hall=Theme for he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **sit in** | to-infinitive | child *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **light** | past · passive | | the wedding torches | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **see** | past | no one | | | | | unluckily *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **be** | past | a crack in the door | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/33/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)