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title: But it is also said that the story ends in a different manner; for t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: But it is also said that the story ends in a different manner; for that one day, when Red-Cap was taking some presents to her grandmother, a Wolf met her, and wanted to mislead her; but she went straight on, and told her grandmother that she had met a Wolf, who said good day, and who looked so hungr
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, Little Red Cap, sentence 45

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But it is also said that the story ends in a different manner; for that one day, when Red-Cap was taking some presents to her grandmother, a Wolf met her, and wanted to mislead her; but she went straight on, and told her grandmother that she had met a Wolf, who said good day, and who looked so hungrily out of his great eyes, as if he would have eaten her up had she not been on the high-road.

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**Who acts:** story, Red, Wolf · **What happens:** say, end, take, meet, want, mislead · **To what, where:** gun, different manner, presents, grandmother, story, Wolf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Little Red Cap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, Red, Wolf), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg11027:14:45
# text = But it is also said that the story ends in a different manner; for that one day, when Red-Cap was taking some presents to her grandmother, a Wolf met her, and wanted to mislead her; but she went straight on, and told her grandmother that she had met a Wolf, who said good day, and who looked so hungrily out of his great eyes, as if he would have eaten her up had she not been on the high-road.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
21	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	conj	_	_
26	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	27	det	_	_
27	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
35	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	mislead	mislead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
41	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
46	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	on	on	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
51	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	iobj	_	_
53	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
54	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	50	ccomp	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	61	nsubj	_	_
61	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	parataxis	_	_
62	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
66	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	67	nsubj	_	_
67	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	parataxis	_	_
68	so	so	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
69	hungrily	hungrily	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
70	out	out	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
72	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	74	nmod:poss	_	_
73	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
74	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
76	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	81	mark	_	_
77	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	81	mark	_	_
78	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	nsubj	_	_
79	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	81	aux	_	_
80	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	81	aux	_	_
81	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	67	conj	_	_
82	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	obj	_	_
83	up	up	ADP	RP	_	81	compound:prt	_	_
84	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	conj	_	_
85	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	92	nsubj	_	_
86	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	92	advmod	_	_
87	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	92	cop	_	_
88	on	on	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
89	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
90	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	92	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	90	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | gun |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **end** | present | the story |  |  | a different manner |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **take** | past · progressive | Red and Cap | some presents | story's grandmother |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent present=Theme to grandmother=Destination |
| 4 | **meet** | past | a Wolf | story |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **want** | past | a Wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 6 | **mislead** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a Wolf *not said here* | story |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 7 | **go** | past | story |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | story *not said here* |  | story's grandmother |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent grandmother=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 9 | **meet** | past · perfect | story | a Wolf |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Co-Agent |
| 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a Wolf |  |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **look** | past |  |  |  |  |  | out Wolf's great eyes; hungrily *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent out eye=Theme |
| 12 | **eat up** *a condition, not said to happen* | would · perfect | Wolf | story |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 13 | **have** | past | Wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **not** **is** | participle | story |  |  | the high road |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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