--- title: He walked on; and as he walked through beautiful gardens he came to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He walked on; and as he walked through beautiful gardens he came to a delightful shady spot in which stood a couch; and he thought to himself, as he felt tired, that he would rest himself for a while, and gaze on the lovely scenes around him. Who acts: door, delightful shady spot. 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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 (door, delightful shady spot), 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:pg2591:49:37 # text = He walked on; and as he walked through beautiful gardens he came to a delightful shady spot in which stood a couch; and he thought to himself, as he felt tired, that he would rest himself for a while, and gaze on the lovely scenes around him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 34 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 scenes scene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 51 around around ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk on** | past | door | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | past | door | | | beautiful gardens | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through garden=Trajectory | | 3 | **come** | past | door | | | a delightful shady spot | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to spot=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **stand** | past | a delightful shady spot | a couch | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer couch=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | door | | door | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **feel** | past | door | | | | | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **rest** | would | door | door | | | while | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Theme | | 8 | **gaze** | infinitive | door *not said here* | | | | | on the lovely scenes around door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on scene=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/38/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)