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title: Even the fire on the hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Even the fire on the hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; the jack stopped, and the spit that was turning about with a goose upon it for the king’s dinner stood still; and the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had do
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Briar Rose, sentence 25

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Even the fire on the hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; the jack stopped, and the spit that was turning about with a goose upon it for the king’s dinner stood still; and the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had done amiss, let him go, and both fell asleep; the butler, who was slyly tasting the ale, fell asleep with the jug at his lips: and thus everything stood still, and slept soundly.

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**Who acts:** hearth, fire, jack, spit, turning, cook · **What happens:** leave off, blaze, go, stop, turn about, stand · **To what, where:** hearth, cook, sleep, kitchen boy, box, boy

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Briar Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hearth, fire, jack, spit), 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:pg2591:8:25
# text = Even the fire on the hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; the jack stopped, and the spit that was turning about with a goose upon it for the king’s dinner stood still; and the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had done amiss, let him go, and both fell asleep; the butler, who was slyly tasting the ale, fell asleep with the jug at his lips: and thus everything stood still, and slept soundly.
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	blazing	blaze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	jack	jack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	csubj	_	_
26	about	about	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
32	for	for	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	’s	's	PART	POS	_	34	case	_	_
36	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
37	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
38	still	still	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
44	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	48	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
46	at	at	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	48	det	_	_
48	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
49	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	acl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
54	by	by	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
58	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	iobj	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
62	on	on	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
65	for	for	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	64	nmod	_	_
67	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	66	acl:relcl	_	_
70	amiss	amiss	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
72	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	conj	_	_
73	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	obj	_	_
74	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
77	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	78	nsubj	_	_
78	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
79	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	82	punct	_	_
81	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
82	butler	butler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
84	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	86	nsubj	_	_
85	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	86	cop	_	_
86	slyly	slyly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	conj	_	_
87	tasting	taste	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	86	csubj	_	_
88	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
89	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	91	punct	_	_
91	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
92	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	91	xcomp	_	_
93	with	with	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
94	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	obl	_	_
96	at	at	ADP	IN	_	98	case	_	_
97	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	98	nmod:poss	_	_
98	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	91	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	103	punct	_	_
100	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	103	cc	_	_
101	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	103	advmod	_	_
102	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	103	nsubj	_	_
103	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
104	still	still	ADV	RB	_	103	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	107	punct	_	_
106	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	107	cc	_	_
107	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	103	conj	_	_
108	soundly	soundly	ADV	RB	_	107	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave off** | participle |  | the hearth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blaze** | gerund | the hearth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | the fire on the hearth | the cook and that moment |  | sleep |  | the butler *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **stop** | past | the jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **turn about** | past · progressive | the spit |  |  | sleep |  | with a goose; for the king's dinner; about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon it=Trajectory |
| 6 | **stand** | past | turning |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is** | past | the cook and that moment |  |  |  | at that moment |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **pull** | gerund | that moment *not said here* | the kitchen boy |  |  |  | by the hair | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent boy=Result |
| 9 | **give** | to-infinitive | the fire on the hearth *not said here* | a box | boy | the ear for something |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient box=Theme on ear=Asset |
| 10 | **do** | past · perfect | spit |  |  |  |  | amiss *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **let** | infinitive | the fire on the hearth *not said here* | spit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **go** | infinitive | spit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 13 | **fall** | past | both |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 14 | **is** | past | the butler |  |  |  |  | slyly *property* | tree rules |
| 15 | **taste** | gerund |  | the ale |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme ale=Attribute |
| 16 | **fall** | past | the fire on the hearth *not said here* |  |  | spit's lips |  | with the jug; asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at lip=Location |
| 17 | **stand** | past | everything |  |  |  | still | thus *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 18 | **sleep** | past | everything *not said here* |  |  |  |  | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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