--- title: "It is not necessary for us to trouble much in looking for the carpe… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "It is not necessary for us to trouble much in looking for the carpet!" so they took from the shoulders of the first peasant they came across a coarse shawl, and this they carried to their father. Who acts: brothers, this. 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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 (brothers, this), 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:pg11027:10:21 # text = "It is not necessary for us to trouble much in looking for the carpet!" so they took from the shoulders of the first peasant they came across a coarse shawl, and this they carried to their father. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 in in SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 across across ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 coarse coarse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 shawl shawl NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | for trouble; necessary *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | for the carpet | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for carpet=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | the shoulders of the first peasant | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from shoulder=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come** | past | brothers *= brother* | the first peasant *not said here* | | a coarse shawl | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location peasant=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | past | this | | brothers's father | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to father=Destination | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/22/) - ↑ back to [Dummling and the Three Feathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/)