--- title: In a moment he disappeared, and when his wife came in and looked for… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In a moment he disappeared, and when his wife came in and looked for him, she found only a white dove; and it said to her, ‘Seven years must I fly up and down over the face of the earth, but every now and then I will let fall a white feather, that will show you the way I am going; follow it, and at --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/) / 34 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, sentence 34 In a moment he disappeared, and when his wife came in and looked for him, she found only a white dove; and it said to her, ‘Seven years must I fly up and down over the face of the earth, but every now and then I will let fall a white feather, that will show you the way I am going; follow it, and at last you may overtake and set me free.’ **Who acts:** ray, wife, dove, I, white feather, you · **What happens:** disappear, come in, look, find, say, fly up · **To what, where:** white dove, wife, face, white feather, way, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Lily and the Lion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ray, wife, dove, I), 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:pg2591:44:34 # text = In a moment he disappeared, and when his wife came in and looked for him, she found only a white dove; and it said to her, ‘Seven years must I fly up and down over the face of the earth, but every now and then I will let fall a white feather, that will show you the way I am going; follow it, and at last you may overtake and set me free.’ 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 up up ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 down down ADV RB _ 37 conj _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 49 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 55 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 61 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl:relcl _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 iobj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl:unmarked _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 65 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 71 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 74 at at ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 obl _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 77 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 conj _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 78 conj _ _ 81 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 80 obj _ _ 82 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | past | ray | | | | moment | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come in** | past | ray's wife | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | ray's wife *not said here* | | | | | for ray | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | wife | a white dove | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dove | | wife | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 6 | **fly up** | must | I | | | the face of the earth | year | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over face=Location | | 7 | **let** | future | I | | | | now; then | | tree rules | | 8 | **fall** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a white feather | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient feather=Result | | 9 | **show** | future | a white feather | the way | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 10 | **go** | present · progressive | I | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 11 | **follow** | infinitive | I *not said here* | feather | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 12 | **overtake** | may | you | | | last | | | tree rules | | 13 | **set** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/35/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)