--- title: As soon as the dwarf felt himself free he laid hold of a bag which l… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the dwarf felt himself free he laid hold of a bag which lay amongst the roots of the tree, and which was full of gold, and lifted it up, grumbling to himself: ‘Uncouth people, to cut off a piece of my fine beard. Who acts: end, bag. 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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 (end, bag), 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:pg2591:60:59 # text = As soon as the dwarf felt himself free he laid hold of a bag which lay amongst the roots of the tree, and which was full of gold, and lifted it up, grumbling to himself: ‘Uncouth people, to cut off a piece of my fine beard. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 grumbling grumble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Uncouth uncouth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 46 off off ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | | end | | | | as the dwarf; Uncouth people *obl*; free, soon *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | past | end | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hold** | infinitive | end *not said here* | | | | | of a bag | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | past | a bag | | | the roots of the tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent amongst root=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | of gold; full *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lift up** | past | | gold | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | | | end | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 8 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | | a piece of my fine beard | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector piece=Eventuality | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/60/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/)