--- title: Finding everything still, he marched into the kitchen, and groped ab… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Finding everything still, he marched into the kitchen, and groped about till he found a match in order to light a candle; and then, espying the glittering fiery eyes of the cat, he mistook them for live coals, and held the match to them to light it. Who acts: 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 (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:pg2591:5:42 # text = Finding everything still, he marched into the kitchen, and groped about till he found a match in order to light a candle; and then, espying the glittering fiery eyes of the cat, he mistook them for live coals, and held the match to them to light it. 1 Finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 2 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 groped grope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 espying espy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 glittering glittering NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 mistook mistake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | cock *not said here* | everything | | | still | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic | | 2 | **march** | past | cock | | | | | into the kitchen *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into kitchen=Result | | 3 | **grope** | past | cock *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | past | cock | a match | | order | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Topic | | 5 | **light** | to-infinitive | cock *not said here* | a candle | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product | | 6 | **espy** | gerund | cock *not said here* | the glittering | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **mistake** | past | cock | eyes *= eye* | | | | for live coals | tree rules | | 8 | **hold** | past | cock *not said here* | the match | robbers *= robber* | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme | | 9 | **light** | to-infinitive | cock *not said here* | match | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/43/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/)