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title: Now the little dwarf was getting their dinner ready, and he brought… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Now the little dwarf was getting their dinner ready, and he brought their food upon seven little plates, and their drink in seven little glasses, and set them upon the table, and out of each little plate their sister ate a small piece, and out of each little glass she drank a small drop; but she let
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, sentence 22

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Now the little dwarf was getting their dinner ready, and he brought their food upon seven little plates, and their drink in seven little glasses, and set them upon the table, and out of each little plate their sister ate a small piece, and out of each little glass she drank a small drop; but she let the ring that she had brought with her fall into the last glass.

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**Who acts:** little dwarf, dwarf, sister · **What happens:** get, bring, set, eat, drink, let · **To what, where:** dinner, food, masters, table, small piece, little plate

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Seven Ravens. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little dwarf, dwarf, sister), 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:pg2591:53:22
# text = Now the little dwarf was getting their dinner ready, and he brought their food upon seven little plates, and their drink in seven little glasses, and set them upon the table, and out of each little plate their sister ate a small piece, and out of each little glass she drank a small drop; but she let the ring that she had brought with her fall into the last glass.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
18	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
26	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
37	out	out	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	41	det	_	_
40	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
42	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
50	out	out	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	54	det	_	_
53	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
55	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
61	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
62	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	xcomp	_	_
66	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
67	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	65	ccomp	_	_
70	with	with	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
73	into	into	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
75	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · progressive | the little dwarf | masters's dinner |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bring** | past | dwarf | masters's food |  |  |  | upon seven little plates | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 3 | **set** | infinitive | the little dwarf *not said here* | masters *= master* |  | the table |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme upon table=Destination |
| 4 | **eat** | past | masters's sister | a small piece |  | each little plate |  | out each little glass | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient |
| 5 | **drink** | past | sister | a small drop |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient |
| 6 | **let** | past | sister |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **ring** | infinitive | sister *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **bring** | past · perfect | sister |  |  | the last glass |  | with sister's fall | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into glass=Destination |

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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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