--- title: But the little Man was angry and he wished an evil thing, so that, s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But the little Man was angry and he wished an evil thing, so that, soon after, the Prince came into a narrow mountain-pass, and the farther he rode the narrower it grew, till at last it was so close that he could get no farther; but neither could he turn his horse round, nor dismount, and he sat the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/) / 9 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 9 But the little Man was angry and he wished an evil thing, so that, soon after, the Prince came into a narrow mountain-pass, and the farther he rode the narrower it grew, till at last it was so close that he could get no farther; but neither could he turn his horse round, nor dismount, and he sat there like one amazed. **Who acts:** little Man, man, Prince, thing · **What happens:** be, wish, come, ride, grow, get · **To what, where:** evil thing, narrow mountain pass, last, horse This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Water of Life. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little Man, man, Prince, thing), 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:pg11027:17:9 # text = But the little Man was angry and he wished an evil thing, so that, soon after, the Prince came into a narrow mountain-pass, and the farther he rode the narrower it grew, till at last it was so close that he could get no farther; but neither could he turn his horse round, nor dismount, and he sat there like one amazed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 so so SCONJ IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 18 after after ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 narrower narrow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 till till SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 parataxis _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 neither neither ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 56 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 round round ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 64 cc _ _ 64 dismount dismount NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 69 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ _ 70 like like ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 72 nummod _ _ 72 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the little Man | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wish** | past | man | a evil thing | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | the Prince | | | a narrow mountain pass | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into pass=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ride** | past | Prince | | | | | far, narrow *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grow** | past | thing | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | thing | | | last | | close *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | could | Prince | | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **turn** | could | Prince | Prince's horse | | | | dismount *obl*; neither, round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 9 | **sit** | past | Prince | | | there | | like one amazed | vn assuming\_position-50 «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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/10/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)