--- title: The old Man said, "I know a means of saving him: if he drinks of the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The old Man said, "I know a means of saving him: if he drinks of the water of life it will restore him to health; but it is very difficult to find." Who acts: old Man, a, man, life. 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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 (old Man, a, man, life), 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:pg11027:17:3 # text = The old Man said, "I know a means of saving him: if he drinks of the water of life it will restore him to health; but it is very difficult to find." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 nsubj _ _ 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 saving save VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 ccomp _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 drinks drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 expl _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old Man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the old Man *= man* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | a | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **save** *in a quote* | gerund | | man | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **drink** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | man | | | | | of the water of life | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of water=Source | | 6 | **restore** *in a quote* | future | life | man | health | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to health=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/4/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)