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title: It was not long before the dog fell in with some game on the way, an… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: It was not long before the dog fell in with some game on the way, and wanted to pursue it; but hardly had the dog run two steps when it stood before a deep pool, could go no farther, and a naked arm stretched itself out of the water, seized it, and drew it under. Who acts: forest, dog, naked arm. A 
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 11

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It was not long before the dog fell in with some game on the way, and wanted to pursue it; but hardly had the dog run two steps when it stood before a deep pool, could go no farther, and a naked arm stretched itself out of the water, seized it, and drew it under.

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**Who acts:** forest, dog, naked arm · **What happens:** not be, fall in, want, pursue, run, stand · **To what, where:** way, dog, two steps, deep pool, water

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Iron Hans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (forest, dog, naked arm), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:59:11
# text = It was not long before the dog fell in with some game on the way, and wanted to pursue it; but hardly had the dog run two steps when it stood before a deep pool, could go no farther, and a naked arm stretched itself out of the water, seized it, and drew it under.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	28	advcl	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	pursue	pursue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
29	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
30	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	advcl	_	_
34	before	before	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
41	no	no	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	farther	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	40	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	naked	naked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
48	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	parataxis	_	_
49	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	48	obj	_	_
50	out	out	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	conj	_	_
60	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	_
61	under	under	ADP	IN	_	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | forest |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall in** | past | the dog |  |  | the way |  | with some game | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location |
| 3 | **want** | past | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **pursue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* | dog |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **run** | past |  | two steps |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory |
| 6 | **stand** | past | forest |  |  | a deep pool |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before pool=Location |
| 7 | **go** | could |  |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **stretch** | past | a naked arm | dog |  | the water |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |
| 9 | **seize** | past | a naked arm *not said here* | dog |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 10 | **draw** | past | a naked arm *not said here* | dog |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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