--- title: Whoever looked at him ran away; but because he gave the poor in ever… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Whoever looked at him ran away; but because he gave the poor in every place gold coin they prayed that he might not die during the seven years; and because he paid liberally everywhere, he found a night's lodging without difficulty. Who acts: Whoever, soldier, hair. 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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 (Whoever, soldier, hair), 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:pg11027:15:76 # text = Whoever looked at him ran away; but because he gave the poor in every place gold coin they prayed that he might not die during the seven years; and because he paid liberally everywhere, he found a night's lodging without difficulty. 1 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 26 during during ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 35 liberally liberally ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 44 without without ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Whoever | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **run away** | past | soldier | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | soldier | the poor | | every place gold coin | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poor=Theme | | 4 | **pray** | past | hair | every place gold coin *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **die** | might | soldier | | | | year | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **pay** | past | soldier | | | | | everywhere *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **find** | past | soldier | a night's lodging | | | | without difficulty | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lodging=Topic | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/77/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)