--- title: He watched them for a while quietly, but at last when they were goin… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He watched them for a while quietly, but at last when they were going too far, he seized his cutting-knife, and cried: ‘Away with you, vermin,’ and began to cut them down. Who acts: fire, cats. 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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 (fire, cats), 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:pg2591:57:118 # text = He watched them for a while quietly, but at last when they were going too far, he seized his cutting-knife, and cried: ‘Away with you, vermin,’ and began to cut them down. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 cutting cutting NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 vermin vermin NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | fire | cats *= cat* | | | while | quietly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | cats *= cat* | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seize** | past | fire | fire's cutting knife | | last | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | vermin | | | | with you; away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with you=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **cut down** | to-infinitive | | cats *= cat* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/119/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/)