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title: At this the thieves said, "You will do for us with a vengeance!" and… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: At this the thieves said, "You will do for us with a vengeance!" and they wished they had never come near her; but in order to rid themselves of her they said, "Just before the village the parson has some roots lying in his field; go and fetch some." Who acts: thieves, You, parson, roots. A sentence
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, Catherine and Frederick, sentence 110

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At this the thieves said, "You will do for us with a vengeance!" and they wished they had never come near her; but in order to rid themselves of her they said, "Just before the village the parson has some roots lying in his field; go and fetch some."

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**Who acts:** thieves, You, parson, roots · **What happens:** say, do, wish, not come, rid, have · **To what, where:** this, thieves, roots, field, some · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Catherine and Frederick. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thieves, You, parson, roots), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg11027:12:110
# text = At this the thieves said, "You will do for us with a vengeance!" and they wished they had never come near her; but in order to rid themselves of her they said, "Just before the village the parson has some roots lying in his field; go and fetch some."
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vengeance	vengeance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
24	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	ccomp	_	_
25	near	near	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
29	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	32	mark	_	_
30	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	fixed	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	rid	rid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
33	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	32	obj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
36	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
39	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
41	before	before	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	parson	parson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
47	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	48	det	_	_
48	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	_
49	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	acl	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	32	parataxis	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
57	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the thieves |  |  | this |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | future | You |  |  |  |  | for us; with a vengeance | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wish** | past | thieves *= thief* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **come** | past · perfect | thieves *= thief* |  |  |  |  | near Catherine | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near she=Location |
| 5 | **rid** | to-infinitive |  | thieves *= thief* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thieves *= thief* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the parson | some roots |  |  | before the village |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient |
| 8 | **lie** *in a quote* | gerund | some roots *not said here* |  |  | parson's field |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location |
| 9 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | some |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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