--- title: The bill-hook I had driven in, and soon I should have done what I re… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The bill-hook I had driven in, and soon I should have done what I required; but the tool suddenly sprang from the cleft, which so quickly shut up again that it caught my handsome white beard; and here I must stop, for I cannot set myself free. Who acts: I, tool. 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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 (I, tool), 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:pg11027:23:52 # text = The bill-hook I had driven in, and soon I should have done what I required; but the tool suddenly sprang from the cleft, which so quickly shut up again that it caught my handsome white beard; and here I must stop, for I cannot set myself free. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cleft cleft NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 39 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 54 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obj _ _ 55 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive in** | past · perfect · passive | | the bill hook | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **do** | should · perfect | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **require** | past | I | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **spring** | past | the tool | | | the cleft | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cleft=Trajectory | | 5 | **shut up** | participle · passive | | the cleft | | | again | quickly *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **catch** | past | tool | my handsome white beard | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Theme | | 7 | **stop** | must | I | | | here | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **set** | can | I | myself | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient myself=Result | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/53/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)