--- title: But he threw quilts and pillows up in the air, got out and said: ‘No… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he threw quilts and pillows up in the air, got out and said: ‘Now anyone who likes, may drive,’ and lay down by his fire, and slept till it was day. Who acts: other, anyone, air. 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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 (other, anyone, air), 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:pg2591:57:127 # text = But he threw quilts and pillows up in the air, got out and said: ‘Now anyone who likes, may drive,’ and lay down by his fire, and slept till it was day. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 quilts quilt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 pillows pillow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 19 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 nsubj _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 29 down down ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 till till ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | other | quilts | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quilt=Theme | | 2 | **pillow up** | present | other *not said here* | | | the air | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get out** | past | other *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | other *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **like** | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **drive** | may | anyone | | | | now | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **'** | infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lay down** | infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | by other's fire | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by fire=Destination | | 9 | **sleep** | past | other *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | air | | | | till day | | tree rules | | 11 | **fire** | | other | | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/128/) - ↑ 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/)