--- title: Then they travelled on further, and as they came to a cherry-tree, t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then they travelled on further, and as they came to a cherry-tree, the Giant seized the top of the tree where the ripest cherries hung, and, bending it down, gave it to the Tailor to hold, telling him to eat. Who acts: arms, Giant, ripest cherries. 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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 (arms, Giant, ripest cherries), 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:pg11027:13:45 # text = Then they travelled on further, and as they came to a cherry-tree, the Giant seized the top of the tree where the ripest cherries hung, and, bending it down, gave it to the Tailor to hold, telling him to eat. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 further further ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nsubj _ _ 19 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 ripest ripe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 cherries cherry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | arms *= arm* | | | | then | further *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | arms *= arm* | | | a cherry tree | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **seize** | past | the Giant | the top of the tree | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent top=Theme | | 4 | **hang** | past | the ripest cherries | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bend down** | gerund | | tree | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material | | 6 | **give** | past | the Giant *not said here* | tree | the Tailor | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to tailor=Recipient | | 7 | **hold** | to-infinitive | the Giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Giant *not said here* | | Tailor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/46/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)