--- title: Then the boy called to him for the third time, and as that was also… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the boy called to him for the third time, and as that was also to no purpose, he ran against him and pushed the ghost down the stairs, so that it fell down the ten steps and remained lying there in a corner. Who acts: that, boy, ghost. 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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 (that, boy, ghost), 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:pg2591:57:29 # text = Then the boy called to him for the third time, and as that was also to no purpose, he ran against him and pushed the ghost down the stairs, so that it fell down the ten steps and remained lying there in a corner. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 also also ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 23 against against ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 down down ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 37 down down ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ _ 44 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | the boy and no purpose *not said here* | boy | | time | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | that | | | | | to no purpose | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | past | boy | | | | | against sexton | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Trajectory | | 4 | **push** | past | boy *not said here* | the ghost | | the stairs | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ghost=Theme down stair=Trajectory | | 5 | **fall down** | past | ghost | the ten steps | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient step=Result | | 6 | **remain** | past | ghost *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** | gerund | ghost *not said here* | | | a corner; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/30/) - ↑ 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/)