--- title: So they both went out upon the high road; but as the weather was war… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they both went out upon the high road; but as the weather was warm, they had not gone far before the dog said, ‘I am very much tired--I should like to take a nap.’ Who acts: rolls, weather, dog, I. 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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 (rolls, weather, dog, I), 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:pg2591:9:16 # text = So they both went out upon the high road; but as the weather was warm, they had not gone far before the dog said, ‘I am very much tired--I should like to take a nap.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 23 before before SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | rolls *= roll* | | | | | upon the high road; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the weather | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | rolls *= roll* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dog | | | | | far *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a nap | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Theme | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/17/) - ↑ back to [The Dog and the Sparrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/)