--- title: The ass brayed, the dog barked, the cat mewed, and the cock screamed… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The ass brayed, the dog barked, the cat mewed, and the cock screamed; and then they all broke through the window at once, and came tumbling into the room, amongst the broken glass, with a most hideous clatter! Who acts: ass, dog, cat, cock. 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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 (ass, dog, cat, cock), 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:pg2591:5:36 # text = The ass brayed, the dog barked, the cat mewed, and the cock screamed; and then they all broke through the window at once, and came tumbling into the room, amongst the broken glass, with a most hideous clatter! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brayed bray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 mewed mew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 22 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 tumbling tumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 44 advmod _ _ 44 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 clatter clatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bray** | past | the ass | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bark** | past | the dog | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mew** | past | the cat | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | the cock | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **break** | past | forefeet *= forefoot* | | | the window | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Location | | 6 | **come** | past | the ass *not said here* | | | | | amongst the broken glass; with a hideous clatter | tree rules | | 7 | **tumble** | gerund | the ass *not said here* | | | the room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/37/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/)