--- title: But as she sat she bethought herself of the egg that the moon had gi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But as she sat she bethought herself of the egg that the moon had given her; and when she broke it, there ran out a hen and twelve chickens of pure gold, that played about, and then nestled under the old one’s wings, so as to form the most beautiful sight in the world. Who acts: help, egg, hen. 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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 (help, egg, hen), 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:pg2591:44:65 # text = But as she sat she bethought herself of the egg that the moon had given her; and when she broke it, there ran out a hen and twelve chickens of pure gold, that played about, and then nestled under the old one’s wings, so as to form the most beautiful sight in the world. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 38 about about ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 42 nestled nestle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 56 advmod _ _ 56 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | help | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bethink** | past | help | help | | | | of the egg | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | the egg *not said here* | the moon | help | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | | 4 | **break** | past | help | moon | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 5 | **run out** | past | help *not said here* | a hen and twelve chickens of pure gold | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Agent | | 6 | **play about** | past | a hen and twelve chickens of pure gold | | | | | about *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **nestle** | past | help *not said here* | | | the old one's wings | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under wing=Location | | 8 | **form** | to-infinitive | help *not said here* | the beautiful sight | | the world | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sight=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/66/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)