--- title: When the little girl heard this (for she stood behind the door all t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the little girl heard this (for she stood behind the door all the time and listened), she ran forward, and in an instant all the ravens took their right form again; and all hugged and kissed each other, and went merrily home. Who acts: little girl, girl, ravens. 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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 (little girl, girl, ravens), 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:pg2591:53:31 # text = When the little girl heard this (for she stood behind the door all the time and listened), she ran forward, and in an instant all the ravens took their right form again; and all hugged and kissed each other, and went merrily home. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 forward forward ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 hugged hug VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 42 obj _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 home home ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the little girl | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **stand** | past | girl | | | the door | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location | | 3 | **listen** | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **run** | past | girl | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | the little girl *not said here* | ravens's right form | | a instant all ravens | again | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent form=Value in instant=Location | | 6 | **hug** | past | | | | | | all *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **kiss** | past | | each | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | | 8 | **go** | past | | | | | | home, merrily *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **form** | | ravens *= raven* | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/53/30/) - next →: [First Story, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/54/1/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Ravens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/53/)