--- title: After this the robbers never dared to go back to the house; but the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: After this the robbers never dared to go back to the house; but the musicians were so pleased with their quarters that they took up their abode there; and there they are, I dare say, at this very day. Who acts: robbers, musicians, I. 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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 (robbers, musicians, I), 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:pg2591:5:46 # text = After this the robbers never dared to go back to the house; but the musicians were so pleased with their quarters that they took up their abode there; and there they are, I dare say, at this very day. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 musicians musician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 dare dare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dare** | past | the robbers | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **go back** | to-infinitive | the robbers *not said here* | | | | | to the house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | the musicians | | | | | with robbers's quarters; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take up** | past | robbers *= robber* | robbers's abode | | there | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abode=Theme | | 5 | **does** | present | robbers *= robber* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dare** | present | I | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/45/) - next →: [Old Sultan, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/1/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/)