--- title: But when anything to eat was put upon her plate, he took it away and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when anything to eat was put upon her plate, he took it away and ate it himself; and when a glass of wine was handed to her, he took it and drank it; and thus, though they kept on giving her meat and drink, her plate and cup were always empty. Who acts: Heinel, people. 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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 (Heinel, people), 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:pg2591:51:79 # text = But when anything to eat was put upon her plate, he took it away and ate it himself; and when a glass of wine was handed to her, he took it and drank it; and thus, though they kept on giving her meat and drink, her plate and cup were always empty. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 3 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 45 on on SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 advcl _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 58 advmod _ _ 58 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | anything *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **put** | past · passive | | anything | | queen's plate | | thus *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon plate=Destination | | 3 | **take away** | past | Heinel | plate | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | past | Heinel *not said here* | plate | | | | Heinel *obl:unmarked* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **hand** | past · passive | | a glass of wine | queen | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to she=Destination | | 6 | **take** | past | Heinel | glass | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **drink** | past | Heinel *not said here* | glass | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **keep** | past | people | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **give** | gerund | | queen's meat and drink | | | | queen's plate and cup *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | | | | | | always, empty *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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/80/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)