--- title: One day Fred said, "I am now going into the fields, dear Catherine,… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: One day Fred said, "I am now going into the fields, dear Catherine, and by the time I return let there be something hot upon the table, for I shall be hungry, and something to drink, too, for I shall be thirsty." Who acts: Fred. 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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 (Fred), 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:pg11027:12:2 # text = One day Fred said, "I am now going into the fields, dear Catherine, and by the time I return let there be something hot upon the table, for I shall be hungry, and something to drink, too, for I shall be thirsty." 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 Fred Fred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 24 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 obj _ _ 28 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 50 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fred | something | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Fred | | | the fields dear Catherine | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **return** *in a quote* | present | Fred | | | | time | | tree rules | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Fred *not said here* | | | there | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | something | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Fred | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **drink** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fred *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Fred | | | | | thirsty *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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/3/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)