--- title: I had just driven the wedge safely in, and everything was going as I… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I had just driven the wedge safely in, and everything was going as I wished; but the cursed wedge was too smooth and suddenly sprang out, and the tree closed so quickly that I could not pull out my beautiful white beard; so now it is tight and I cannot get away, and the silly, sleek, milk-faced thin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/52/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/) / 52 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 52 I had just driven the wedge safely in, and everything was going as I wished; but the cursed wedge was too smooth and suddenly sprang out, and the tree closed so quickly that I could not pull out my beautiful white beard; so now it is tight and I cannot get away, and the silly, sleek, milk-faced things laugh! **Who acts:** I, everything, cursed wedge, tree, wedge, silly faced things · **What happens:** drive, go, wish, curse, be, spring out · **To what, where:** wedge, beautiful white beard 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 (I, everything, cursed wedge, tree), 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:pg2591:60:52 # text = I had just driven the wedge safely in, and everything was going as I wished; but the cursed wedge was too smooth and suddenly sprang out, and the tree closed so quickly that I could not pull out my beautiful white beard; so now it is tight and I cannot get away, and the silly, sleek, milk-faced things laugh! 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wedge wedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 safely safely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 wedge wedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 too too ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 sprang spring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 57 away away ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 61 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 sleek sleek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 65 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 69 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past · perfect | I | the wedge | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedge=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | everything | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | past | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **curse** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the cursed wedge | | | | | smooth *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **spring out** | gerund | the cursed wedge *not said here* | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **close** | participle | the tree | | | | | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **not** **pull out** | could | I | my beautiful white beard | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | present | wedge | | | | now | tight *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **get away** | can | I | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **laugh** | present | the silly faced things | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/53/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/)