--- title: Then he stained his face all over brown, so that even his mother wou… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he stained his face all over brown, so that even his mother would not have known him, and went into the castle and asked for a lodging; ‘I am so tired,’ said he, ‘that I can go no farther.’ Who acts: cloud, I. 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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 (cloud, I), 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:pg2591:56:45 # text = Then he stained his face all over brown, so that even his mother would not have known him, and went into the castle and asked for a lodging; ‘I am so tired,’ said he, ‘that I can go no farther.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stained stain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 18 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 47 no no ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stain** | past | cloud | cloud's face | | | then | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Destination | | 2 | **not** **know** | would · perfect · passive | | cloud's mother | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into castle=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | for a lodging | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cloud | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | can | I | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/46/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)