--- title: I have bought them, Fred," said she, "with the yellow counters which… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: I have bought them, Fred," said she, "with the yellow counters which lay under the cow's stall; but I did not dig them up myself; the pedlars did that." Who acts: I, Fred, yellow counters, pedlars. 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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 (I, Fred, yellow counters, pedlars), 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:pg11027:12:32 # text = I have bought them, Fred," said she, "with the yellow counters which lay under the cow's stall; but I did not dig them up myself; the pedlars did that." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 Fred Fred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 counters counter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 pedlars pedlar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | present · perfect | I | decorations *= decoration* | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Fred | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lie** | past | the yellow counters | | | the cow's stall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under stall=Location | | 4 | **not** **dig up** | past · do-support | I | decorations *= decoration* | | | | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | the pedlars | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/33/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)