--- title: They didn’t awake till it was pitch dark, and Hansel comforted his s… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They didn’t awake till it was pitch dark, and Hansel comforted his sister, saying: “Only wait, Grettel, till the moon rises, then we shall see the bread-crumbs I scattered along the path; they will show us the way back to the house.” Who acts: Hansel, fire, moon, we. 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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, fire, moon, we), 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:pg503:35:62 # text = They didn’t awake till it was pitch dark, and Hansel comforted his sister, saying: “Only wait, Grettel, till the moon rises, then we shall see the bread-crumbs I scattered along the path; they will show us the way back to the house.” 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 till till ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Grettel Grettel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 till till SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 scattered scatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 along along ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | Hansel | | | | | awake *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | fire | | | | till pitch | | tree rules | | 3 | **comfort** | past | Hansel | Grettel's sister | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Hansel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Grettel | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rise** *in a quote* | present | the moon | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | we | the bread crumbs | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crumb=Stimulus | | 8 | **scatter** *in a quote* | past | Hansel | the bread crumbs *not said here* | | the path | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crumb=Theme along path=Destination | | 9 | **show** *in a quote* | future | Hansel | the way | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/63/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)