--- title: So they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap and fell asleep; a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap and fell asleep; and whilst he was sleeping on she took the cloak from his shoulders, hung it on her own, picked up the diamonds, and wished herself home again. Who acts: diamonds, sleep, lady. 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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 (diamonds, sleep, lady), 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:pg2591:56:31 # text = So they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap and fell asleep; and whilst he was sleeping on she took the cloak from his shoulders, hung it on her own, picked up the diamonds, and wished herself home again. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 23 on on SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 home home ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | diamonds *= diamond* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lay** | past | sleep | sleep's head | | lady's lap | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in lap=Destination | | 3 | **fall** | past | sleep *not said here* | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sleep** | past · progressive | sleep | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | past | lady | the cloak | | sleep's shoulders | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme from shoulder=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hang** | past | diamonds *= diamond* *not said here* | cloak | | lady's own | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on own=Destination | | 7 | **pick up** | participle | diamonds *= diamond* *not said here* | the diamonds | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Topic | | 8 | **wish** | past | diamonds *= diamond* *not said here* | lady | | | again | home *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot herself=Theme | 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/pg2591/56/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/32/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)