--- title: The ass and the dog laid themselves down under a great tree, and the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The ass and the dog laid themselves down under a great tree, and the cat climbed up into the branches; while the cock, thinking that the higher he sat the safer he should be, flew up to the very top of the tree, and then, according to his custom, before he went to sleep, looked out on all sides of h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/23/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/) / 23 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Travelling Musicians, sentence 23 The ass and the dog laid themselves down under a great tree, and the cat climbed up into the branches; while the cock, thinking that the higher he sat the safer he should be, flew up to the very top of the tree, and then, according to his custom, before he went to sleep, looked out on all sides of him to see that everything was well. **Who acts:** ass, cat, everything · **What happens:** lay down, climb up, think, sit, be, fly up · **To what, where:** guests, great tree, cock, branches, sleep, sides · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Travelling Musicians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ass, cat, everything), 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:pg2591:5:23 # text = The ass and the dog laid themselves down under a great tree, and the cat climbed up into the branches; while the cock, thinking that the higher he sat the safer he should be, flew up to the very top of the tree, and then, according to his custom, before he went to sleep, looked out on all sides of him to see that everything was well. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 up up ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 xcomp _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 50 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 case _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 52 fixed _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 before before SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 64 out out ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 65 on on ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 67 det _ _ 67 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nmod _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 advcl _ _ 72 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 73 det _ _ 73 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 75 nsubj _ _ 74 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 75 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 71 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay down** | past | the ass and the dog | guests *= guest* | | a great tree | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme under tree=Destination | | 2 | **climb up** | past | the cat | the cock | | the branches | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into branch=Destination | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **sit** | past | cat | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | cat *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fly up** | past | cat *not said here* | | | | | to the top of the tree *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to top=Result | | 7 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go** | past | ass | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **look out** | past | ass *not said here* | | | all sides of cat | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | ass *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is** | past | everything | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/24/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/)