--- title: Ah, my dear Fred," she replied, "I would have fried you a sausage, b… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, my dear Fred," she replied, "I would have fried you a sausage, but while I drew the beer the dog stole it out of the pan, and while I hunted the dog the beer all ran out, and as I was about to dry up the beer with the malt I overturned your can; but be contented, the cellar is quite dry again no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/) / 18 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Catherine and Frederick, sentence 18 Ah, my dear Fred," she replied, "I would have fried you a sausage, but while I drew the beer the dog stole it out of the pan, and while I hunted the dog the beer all ran out, and as I was about to dry up the beer with the malt I overturned your can; but be contented, the cellar is quite dry again now." **Who acts:** dear Fred, I, dog, cellar · **What happens:** reply, fry, draw, steal, hunt, run out · **To what, where:** you, beer, pan, dog, malt · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (dear Fred, I, dog, cellar), 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:pg11027:12:18 # text = Ah, my dear Fred," she replied, "I would have fried you a sausage, but while I drew the beer the dog stole it out of the pan, and while I hunted the dog the beer all ran out, and as I was about to dry up the beer with the malt I overturned your can; but be contented, the cellar is quite dry again now." 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Fred Fred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 fried fry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 all all ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 parataxis _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 malt malt NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 overturned overturn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 65 but but CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 71 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 72 quite quite ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 conj _ _ 74 again again ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 73 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 " " PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | my dear Fred | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fry** | would · perfect | I | you | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Patient sausage=Result | | 3 | **draw** | past | I | the beer | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme | | 4 | **steal** | past | the dog | beer | | the pan | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme out pan=Source | | 5 | **hunt** | past | I | the dog | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run out** | past | my dear Fred *not said here* | | | | | all *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | I | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **dry up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the beer | | | | with the malt | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent beer=Patient with malt=Instrument | | 9 | **overturn** | past | I | the malt *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **content** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 11 | **is** | present | the cellar | | | | now | dry *property* | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/19/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)