--- title: On the third morning after they had left their father’s house they s… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On the third morning after they had left their father’s house they set about their wandering again, but only got deeper and deeper into the wood, and now they felt that if help did not come to them soon they must perish. Who acts: Hansel, help. 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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, help), 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:pg503:35:68 # text = On the third morning after they had left their father’s house they set about their wandering again, but only got deeper and deeper into the wood, and now they felt that if help did not come to them soon they must perish. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 about about SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 23 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 xcomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · perfect | Hansel | Hansel's father's house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 2 | **set** | present | Hansel | | | | morning | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Hansel | | | | again | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **get** | past | | | | | | deep *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **feel** | past | Hansel | | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | help | | Hansel | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **perish** | must | Hansel | | | | | soon *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/69/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)