--- title: But the old witch made a deep sleep come upon him, and he said to th… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the old witch made a deep sleep come upon him, and he said to the young lady, ‘Let us sit down and rest ourselves a little, I am so tired that I cannot stand any longer.’ Who acts: old witch, deep sleep, sleep, us. 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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 (old witch, deep sleep, sleep, us), 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:pg2591:56:30 # text = But the old witch made a deep sleep come upon him, and he said to the young lady, ‘Let us sit down and rest ourselves a little, I am so tired that I cannot stand any longer.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 28 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 41 any any ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the old witch | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present | a deep sleep | | | | | upon huntsman | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sleep | | | | | to the young lady | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to lady=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sit down** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rest** | infinitive | us *not said here* | ourselves | | | | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ourselves=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | I | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **stand** | can | I | | | | | long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/31/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)