--- title: The Frog seemed to relish his dinner very much, but every bit that t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Frog seemed to relish his dinner very much, but every bit that the King's daughter ate nearly choked her, till at last the Frog said, "I have satisfied my hunger, and feel very tired; wilt thou carry me upstairs now into thy chamber, and make thy bed ready that we may sleep together?" 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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 (Frog, daughter, thou, we), 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:pg11027:21:41 # text = The Frog seemed to relish his dinner very much, but every bit that the King's daughter ate nearly choked her, till at last the Frog said, "I have satisfied my hunger, and feel very tired; wilt thou carry me upstairs now into thy chamber, and make thy bed ready that we may sleep together?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 relish relish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 20 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 choked choke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 34 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 55 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 62 together together ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ? ? PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | the Frog | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **relish** | to-infinitive | the Frog *not said here* | King's dinner | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus | | 3 | **eat** | past | the King's daughter | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **choke** | past | | every bit | | | | nearly *property* | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the Frog | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the Frog *= frog* | my satisfied hunger | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunger=Patient | | 7 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | the Frog *= frog* *not said here* | | | | | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **carry** *in a quote* | future | thou | the Frog *= frog* | | thy chamber | | upstairs *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | | thy bed | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product | | 10 | **sleep together** *in a quote* | may | we | | | | | together *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **hunger** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/42/) - ↑ back to [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/)