--- title: As he went into the forest, a little old man bid him good day, and s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: As he went into the forest, a little old man bid him good day, and said, "Give me a little bit of meat from your plate, and a little wine out of your flask; I am very hungry and thirsty." Who acts: eldest, little old man, little wine. 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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 (eldest, little old man, little wine), 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:pg11027:15:4 # text = As he went into the forest, a little old man bid him good day, and said, "Give me a little bit of meat from your plate, and a little wine out of your flask; I am very hungry and thirsty." 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | eldest *= eld* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bid** | past | a little old man | eldest *= eld* | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a little old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a little bit of meat | a little old man *= man* | your plate | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient bit=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a little wine out your flask | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | | a little wine out your flask *not said here* | | | | | | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/5/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)