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title: So she took him to a baker’s shop, and pecked at two rolls that lay… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: So she took him to a baker’s shop, and pecked at two rolls that lay in the window, till they fell down: and as the dog still wished for more, she took him to another shop and pecked down some more for him. Who acts: sparrow, two rolls, rolls. A sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The D
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Dog and the Sparrow, sentence 13

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So she took him to a baker’s shop, and pecked at two rolls that lay in the window, till they fell down: and as the dog still wished for more, she took him to another shop and pecked down some more for him.

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**Who acts:** sparrow, two rolls, rolls · **What happens:** take, peck, lay, fall down, wish, peck down · **To what, where:** dog, shop, window, more

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Dog and the Sparrow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sparrow, two rolls, rolls), 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:pg2591:9:13
# text = So she took him to a baker’s shop, and pecked at two rolls that lay in the window, till they fell down: and as the dog still wished for more, she took him to another shop and pecked down some more for him.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’s	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
25	down	down	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
28	as	as	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
31	still	still	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	41	det	_	_
41	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	conj	_	_
44	down	down	ADP	RP	_	43	compound:prt	_	_
45	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	46	det	_	_
46	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	43	obj	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | sparrow | dog |  | a baker's shop |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to shop=Destination |
| 2 | **peck** | participle | sparrow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at two rolls | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at roll=Patient |
| 3 | **lay** | present | two rolls |  |  | the window |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in window=Destination |
| 4 | **fall down** | past | rolls *= roll* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **wish** | past | sparrow *not said here* |  |  |  | still | as the dog; for more | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for more=Theme |
| 6 | **take** | past | sparrow | dog |  | another shop |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to shop=Destination |
| 7 | **peck down** | participle | sparrow *not said here* | some more |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |

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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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