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title: And when he came into the palace, the flies were sleeping on the wal… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And when he came into the palace, the flies were sleeping on the walls; the spit was standing still; the butler had the jug of ale at his lips, going to drink a draught; the maid sat with a fowl in her lap ready to be plucked; and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand, as if she was 
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Briar Rose, sentence 35

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And when he came into the palace, the flies were sleeping on the walls; the spit was standing still; the butler had the jug of ale at his lips, going to drink a draught; the maid sat with a fowl in her lap ready to be plucked; and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand, as if she was going to beat the boy.

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**Who acts:** man, flies, spit, butler, maid, cook · **What happens:** come, sleep, stand, have, go, drink · **To what, where:** palace, walls, jug, draught, lap, hand

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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 (man, flies, spit, butler), 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:pg2591:8:35
# text = And when he came into the palace, the flies were sleeping on the walls; the spit was standing still; the butler had the jug of ale at his lips, going to drink a draught; the maid sat with a fowl in her lap ready to be plucked; and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand, as if she was going to beat the boy.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
21	still	still	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	butler	butler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	at	at	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	conj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
42	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	fowl	fowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
49	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	advcl	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	62	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
60	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
61	still	still	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
63	up	up	ADP	RP	_	62	compound:prt	_	_
64	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
67	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
68	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
69	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
70	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
71	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	62	conj	_	_
72	to	to	PART	TO	_	73	mark	_	_
73	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	xcomp	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | man |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into palace=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **sleep** | past · progressive | the flies |  |  | the walls |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | the spit |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **have** | past | the butler | the jug of ale at man's lips |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Patient |
| 5 | **go** | gerund | the butler *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the butler *not said here* | a draught |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient |
| 7 | **sit** | past | the maid |  |  | maid's lap |  | with a fowl | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lap=Location |
| 8 | **pluck** | to-infinitive · passive | the maid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» |
| 9 | **hold up** | past · progressive | the cook in the kitchen | maid's hand |  |  | still |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme |
| 10 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | butler |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 11 | **beat** | to-infinitive | butler *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=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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