--- title: Then look round and thou wilt see a griffin, winged like bird, sitti… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then look round and thou wilt see a griffin, winged like bird, sitting by the Red Sea; jump on to his back with thy beloved one as quickly as possible, and he will carry you over the waters to your home. Who acts: you, thou, griffin. 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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 (you, thou, griffin), 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:pg2591:44:48 # text = Then look round and thou wilt see a griffin, winged like bird, sitting by the Red Sea; jump on to his back with thy beloved one as quickly as possible, and he will carry you over the waters to your home. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 6 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 advcl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 jump jump VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 on on ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look round** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | then | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | future | thou | a griffin | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer griffin=Stimulus | | 3 | **wing** | participle | | a griffin *not said here* | | | | like bird | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | by the Red Sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by sea=Location | | 5 | **jump on** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | to bird's back *result*; with thy beloved one; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to back=Result | | 6 | **carry** | future | griffin | you | | the waters | | to your home | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to home=Destination | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/49/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)