--- title: ‘Alas! husband,’ replied she, ‘and a wicked bird has come into the h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Alas! husband,’ replied she, ‘and a wicked bird has come into the house, and has brought with her all the birds in the world, I am sure, and they have fallen upon our corn in the loft, and are eating it up at such a rate!’ Who acts: husband, wicked bird, I, horses. 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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 (husband, wicked bird, I, horses), 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:pg2591:9:45 # text = ‘Alas! husband,’ replied she, ‘and a wicked bird has come into the house, and has brought with her all the birds in the world, I am sure, and they have fallen upon our corn in the loft, and are eating it up at such a rate!’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 4 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 loft loft NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 56 det:predet _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | husband | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | present · perfect | a wicked bird | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **bring** | present · perfect | | | all birds | the world | | with luck | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bird=Destination | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | present · perfect | horses *= horse* | | | our corn in the loft | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon corn=Location | | 6 | **eat up** | present · progressive | husband *not said here* | bird | | such rate | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/46/) - ↑ back to [The Dog and the Sparrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/)