--- title: But the huntsman had heard all they said; and as soon as they were g… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the huntsman had heard all they said; and as soon as they were gone, he climbed to the top of the mountain, and when he had sat there a short time a cloud came rolling around him, and caught him in a whirlwind and bore him along for some time, till it settled in a garden, and he fell quite gentl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/) / 38 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Salad, sentence 38 But the huntsman had heard all they said; and as soon as they were gone, he climbed to the top of the mountain, and when he had sat there a short time a cloud came rolling around him, and caught him in a whirlwind and bore him along for some time, till it settled in a garden, and he fell quite gently to the ground amongst the greens and cabbages. **Who acts:** giants, huntsman, cloud, mountain · **What happens:** hear, say, be, climb, sit, come · **To what, where:** huntsman, top, short time, cloud, whirlwind, garden · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Salad. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (giants, huntsman, cloud, mountain), 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:pg2591:56:38 # text = But the huntsman had heard all they said; and as soon as they were gone, he climbed to the top of the mountain, and when he had sat there a short time a cloud came rolling around him, and caught him in a whirlwind and bore him along for some time, till it settled in a garden, and he fell quite gently to the ground amongst the greens and cabbages. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 huntsman huntsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sat sit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 32 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 40 around around ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 whirlwind whirlwind NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 along along ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 55 det _ _ 55 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 till till SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 67 quite quite ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 gently gently ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 72 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 greens green NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 cabbages cabbage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the huntsman | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | giants *= giant* | | | | | all *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | giants *= giant* | | | | | gone, soon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **climb** | past | huntsman | | | the top of the mountain | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 5 | **sit** | past · perfect | huntsman | | | there | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | a cloud | a short time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 7 | **roll** | gerund | a cloud *not said here* | | | | | around cloud | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around he=Trajectory | | 8 | **catch** | past | | cloud | | a whirlwind | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **bear** | past | | cloud | | | time | along *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 10 | **settle** | past | mountain | | | a garden | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location | | 11 | **fall** | past | cloud | | | the greens and cabbages | | to the ground; gently *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme amongst green=Location | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/39/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)