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title: In the winter, when the earth is frozen hard, they are obliged to st… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In the winter, when the earth is frozen hard, they are obliged to stay below and cannot work their way through; but now, when the sun has thawed and warmed the earth, they break through it, and come out to pry and steal; and what once gets into their hands, and in their caves, does not easily see da
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 40

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In the winter, when the earth is frozen hard, they are obliged to stay below and cannot work their way through; but now, when the sun has thawed and warmed the earth, they break through it, and come out to pry and steal; and what once gets into their hands, and in their caves, does not easily see daylight again.’

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**Who acts:** treasures · **What happens:** freeze, oblige, stay, not work, thaw, warm · **To what, where:** earth, treasures, way, sun, hands, daylight

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (treasures), 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:pg2591:60:40
# text = In the winter, when the earth is frozen hard, they are obliged to stay below and cannot work their way through; but now, when the sun has thawed and warmed the earth, they break through it, and come out to pry and steal; and what once gets into their hands, and in their caves, does not easily see daylight again.’
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	below	below	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	through	through	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
26	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
27	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	33	mark	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	thawed	thaw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	warmed	warm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
41	through	through	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	conj	_	_
46	out	out	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	pry	pry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	xcomp	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
53	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	55	obj	_	_
54	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	55	advmod	_	_
55	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
56	into	into	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
61	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
65	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
66	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	68	advmod	_	_
67	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	55	parataxis	_	_
69	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
70	again	again	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · passive |  | the earth |  |  | winter | hard *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | treasures *= treasure* |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 3 | **stay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | below *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **work** | can |  | treasures's way |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **thaw** | present · perfect · passive |  | the sun |  |  | now |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 6 | **warm** | past |  | the earth |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent earth=Patient |
| 7 | **break** | present | treasures *= treasure* |  |  | earth |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Location |
| 8 | **come out** | infinitive | treasures *= treasure* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **pry** | to-infinitive | treasures *= treasure* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **steal** | infinitive | treasures *= treasure* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **get** | present |  |  |  | treasures's hands |  | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 12 | **not** **see** | present · do-support |  | daylight |  | treasures's caves | again | easily *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daylight=Stimulus |

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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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