--- title: The soldier tapped at the pane of glass, and when this man came up,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The soldier tapped at the pane of glass, and when this man came up, said to him: ‘Be so kind as to fetch me the small bundle I have left lying in the inn, and I will give you a ducat for doing it.’ Who acts: soldier, man, I, small bundle. 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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 (soldier, man, I, small bundle), 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:pg2591:46:67 # text = The soldier tapped at the pane of glass, and when this man came up, said to him: ‘Be so kind as to fetch me the small bundle I have left lying in the inn, and I will give you a ducat for doing it.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tapped tap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pane pane NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 15 up up ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ducat ducat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tap** | past | the soldier | | | | | at the pane of glass | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at pane=Patient | | 2 | **come up** | past | this man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | soldier | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | | the small bundle | me | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary bundle=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | present · perfect | I | the small bundle *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** | gerund | the small bundle *not said here* | | | the inn | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in inn=Location | | 8 | **give** | future | I | a ducat | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient ducat=Theme | | 9 | **do** | gerund | I *not said here* | ducat | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/68/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)