--- title: Oh, Fred, dear," she replied, "with the butter I have smeared the ru… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Oh, Fred, dear," she replied, "with the butter I have smeared the ruts, and the cheeses will soon come, but one ran away, and I sent the others after it to call it back!" Who acts: Fred, I, cheeses, one. 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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, I, cheeses, one), 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:pg11027:12:55 # text = Oh, Fred, dear," she replied, "with the butter I have smeared the ruts, and the cheeses will soon come, but one ran away, and I sent the others after it to call it back!" 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Fred Fred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 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 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 smeared smear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ruts rut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cheeses cheese NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nsubj _ _ 30 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Fred | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **smear** | present · perfect | I | the ruts | | | | with the butter | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent rut=Destination with butter=Theme | | 3 | **come** | future | the cheeses | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run away** | past | one | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **send** | past | I | the others | | | after cheese | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme | | 6 | **call back** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | cheese | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/56/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)