--- title: But Hansel always stretched out a bone, and the old dame, whose eyes… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Hansel always stretched out a bone, and the old dame, whose eyes were dim, couldn’t see it, and thinking always it was Hansel’s finger, wondered why he fattened so slowly. Who acts: you, old dame, dame, Grettel. 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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 (you, old dame, dame, Grettel), 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:pg503:35:99 # text = But Hansel always stretched out a bone, and the old dame, whose eyes were dim, couldn’t see it, and thinking always it was Hansel’s finger, wondered why he fattened so slowly. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 Hansel hansel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 20 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 25 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 25 advmod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 33 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fattened fatten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hansel** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stretch out** | participle | you *not said here* | a bone | | | | always *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bone=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | the old dame and the old dame and the old dame's eyes's eyes | | | | | dim *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **see** | could | the old dame and the old dame and the old dame's eyes's eyes *not said here* | dame | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | always *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | dame | Hansel's finger | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **fatten** | past | Grettel | | | | | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/100/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)