--- title: "Stupid, inquisitive goose!" replied the dwarf; "I meant to split th… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "Stupid, inquisitive goose!" replied the dwarf; "I meant to split the trunk, so that I could chop it up for kitchen sticks; big logs would burn up the small quantity of food we cook, for people like us do not consume great heaps of food, as you heavy, greedy folk do. 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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 (Stupid inquisitive goose, big logs, we, people), 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:pg11027:23:51 # text = "Stupid, inquisitive goose!" replied the dwarf; "I meant to split the trunk, so that I could chop it up for kitchen sticks; big logs would burn up the small quantity of food we cook, for people like us do not consume great heaps of food, as you heavy, greedy folk do. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 inquisitive inquisitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 split split VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 cook cook VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 46 like like ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 48 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 consume consume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 51 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 as as ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 58 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 parataxis _ _ 62 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Stupid inquisitive goose | the dwarf | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | past | Stupid inquisitive goose *= goose* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **split** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Stupid inquisitive goose *= goose* *not said here* | the trunk | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Patient | | 4 | **chop up** *in a quote* | could | Stupid inquisitive goose *= goose* | trunk | | | | for kitchen sticks | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **burn up** *in a quote* | would | big logs | the small quantity of food | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme | | 6 | **cook** *in a quote* | present | we | food *not said here* | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 7 | **not** **consume** *in a quote* | present · do-support | people like us | great heaps of food | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Asset | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | present | heavy greedy folk *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/52/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)