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title: When therefore he went out, all four of them confessed to him that t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: When therefore he went out, all four of them confessed to him that they had stolen the money, and said that they would willingly restore it and give him a heavy sum into the bargain, if he would not denounce them, for if he did they would be hanged. Who acts: doctor, four, crabs. A sentence of «Grim
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Doctor Knowall, sentence 28

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When therefore he went out, all four of them confessed to him that they had stolen the money, and said that they would willingly restore it and give him a heavy sum into the bargain, if he would not denounce them, for if he did they would be hanged.

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**Who acts:** doctor, four, crabs · **What happens:** go out, confess, steal, say, restore, give · **To what, where:** doctor, crabs, money, heavy sum, bargain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Doctor Knowall. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doctor, four, crabs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:52:28
# text = When therefore he went out, all four of them confessed to him that they had stolen the money, and said that they would willingly restore it and give him a heavy sum into the bargain, if he would not denounce them, for if he did they would be hanged.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	ccomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
24	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
25	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	willingly	willingly	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	ccomp	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	iobj	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
35	into	into	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
41	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
43	denounce	denounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
46	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
47	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
49	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
50	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj:pass	_	_
51	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	hanged	hange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | doctor |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **confess** | past | all four of crabs |  | doctor |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | crabs *= crab* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary money=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all four of crabs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **restore** | would | crabs *= crab* | money |  |  |  | willingly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 6 | **give** | infinitive | crabs *= crab* *not said here* | a heavy sum | doctor | the bargain |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sum=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **denounce** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | doctor | crabs *= crab* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 8 | **hange** *a condition, not said to happen* | would · past · passive · do-support |  | doctor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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