--- title: So she thanked the sun, and went on her way till eventide; and when… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So she thanked the sun, and went on her way till eventide; and when the moon arose, she cried unto it, and said, ‘Thou shinest through the night, over field and grove--hast thou nowhere seen my white dove?’ Who acts: Lily, moon, Thou. 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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 (Lily, moon, Thou), 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:pg2591:44:41 # text = So she thanked the sun, and went on her way till eventide; and when the moon arose, she cried unto it, and said, ‘Thou shinest through the night, over field and grove--hast thou nowhere seen my white dove?’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 till till ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 eventide eventide NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 shinest shine VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 43 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Lily | the sun | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | Lily *not said here* | | | Lily's way till eventide | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 3 | **arise** | past | the moon | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Lily | | | | | unto sun | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lily *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **shine** | present | Thou | | | field and grove | night | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over field=Location | | 7 | **have** | present | Thou *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | participle | thou | my white dove | | | | nowhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dove=Stimulus | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/42/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)