--- title: When they had reached the middle of the forest the father said: “Now… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had reached the middle of the forest the father said: “Now, children, go and fetch a lot of wood, and I’ll light a fire that you may not feel cold.” Who acts: Hansel, father, you. 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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 (Hansel, father, you), 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:pg503:35:27 # text = When they had reached the middle of the forest the father said: “Now, children, go and fetch a lot of wood, and I’ll light a fire that you may not feel cold.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · perfect | Hansel | the middle of the forest | | | | children *obl* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent middle=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the father | the forest *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent forest=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a lot of wood | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 5 | **light** *in a quote* | future | the father *= father* | a fire | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 6 | **not** **feel** *in a quote* | may | you | a fire | | | | cold *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/28/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)