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title: And when the time came for him to go home, he had bought pearls and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the time came for him to go home, he had bought pearls and jewels for the two eldest, but he had sought everywhere in vain for the rose; and when he went into any garden and asked for such a thing, the people laughed at him, and asked him whether he thought roses grew in snow. Who acts: tim
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, sentence 5

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And when the time came for him to go home, he had bought pearls and jewels for the two eldest, but he had sought everywhere in vain for the rose; and when he went into any garden and asked for such a thing, the people laughed at him, and asked him whether he thought roses grew in snow.

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**Who acts:** time, father, people, roses · **What happens:** come, go, buy, seek, ask, laugh · **To what, where:** pearls, vain, garden, father, snow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (time, father, people, roses), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:44:5
# text = And when the time came for him to go home, he had bought pearls and jewels for the two eldest, but he had sought everywhere in vain for the rose; and when he went into any garden and asked for such a thing, the people laughed at him, and asked him whether he thought roses grew in snow.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
15	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nsubj	_	_
21	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	sought	seek	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
27	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	26	advmod	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	obl	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	37	advmod	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
38	into	into	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	det	_	_
40	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
43	for	for	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	46	det:predet	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
50	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	parataxis	_	_
51	at	at	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	iobj	_	_
57	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	advcl	_	_
60	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	nsubj	_	_
61	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	ccomp	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the time |  |  |  |  | for father | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | the time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **buy** | past · perfect | father | pearls and jewels |  |  |  | for the eldest | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme for eld=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **seek** | past · perfect | father |  |  | vain |  | for the rose; everywhere *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in vain=Location for rose=Theme |
| 5 | **go** | past | father |  |  | any garden |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | father *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for such thing | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **laugh** | past | the people |  |  |  |  | at father | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the people *not said here* |  | father |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past | father |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 10 | **grow** | past | roses |  |  | snow |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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