--- title: Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to be dressed; and w… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to be dressed; and when it was ready she could not wait till it was carried up, but took a few leaves immediately and put them in her mouth, and scarcely were they swallowed when she lost her own form and ran braying down into the court in the form of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/50/) [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/) / 50 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Salad, sentence 50 Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to be dressed; and when it was ready she could not wait till it was carried up, but took a few leaves immediately and put them in her mouth, and scarcely were they swallowed when she lost her own form and ran braying down into the court in the form of an ass. **Who acts:** witch, bad, leaves · **What happens:** take, dress, be, not wait, carry up, put · **To what, where:** bad, kitchen, few leaves, leaves, mouth, own form 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 (witch, bad, leaves), 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:pg2591:56:50 # text = Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to be dressed; and when it was ready she could not wait till it was carried up, but took a few leaves immediately and put them in her mouth, and scarcely were they swallowed when she lost her own form and ran braying down into the court in the form of an ass. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 47 when when SCONJ WRB _ 49 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 55 braying bray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 56 down down ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 into into ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the witch | bad | | the kitchen | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into kitchen=Destination | | 2 | **dress** | to-infinitive · passive | the witch *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **is** | past | bad | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **wait** | could | witch | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **carry up** | past · passive | | bad | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | the witch *not said here* | a few leaves | | | | immediately *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | the witch *not said here* | leaves *= leaf* | | witch's mouth | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in mouth=Destination | | 8 | **is** | past | leaves *= leaf* | | | | | scarcely, swallow *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **lose** | past | witch | witch's own form | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality | | 10 | **run** | past | leaves *= leaf* *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **bray down** | gerund | leaves *= leaf* *not said here* | | | the court in the form of a ass | | down *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into court=Recipient | | 12 | **form** | | witch | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **form** | | | a ass | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/51/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)