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title: The third day the messenger came back and said, "I have not found a… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: The third day the messenger came back and said, "I have not found a single name; but as I came to a high mountain near the edge of a forest, where foxes and hares say good night to each other, I saw there a little house, and before the door a fire was burning, and round this fire a very curious litt
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Three Little Men in the Wood, sentence 118

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The third day the messenger came back and said, "I have not found a single name; but as I came to a high mountain near the edge of a forest, where foxes and hares say good night to each other, I saw there a little house, and before the door a fire was burning, and round this fire a very curious little Man was dancing on one leg, and shouting:

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**Who acts:** messenger, foxes, fire, curious little Man · **What happens:** come back, say, not find, come, see, burn · **To what, where:** single name, edge, each, little house, door, one leg · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Three Little Men in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (messenger, foxes, fire, curious little Man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg11027:24:118
# text = The third day the messenger came back and said, "I have not found a single name; but as I came to a high mountain near the edge of a forest, where foxes and hares say good night to each other, I saw there a little house, and before the door a fire was burning, and round this fire a very curious little Man was dancing on one leg, and shouting:
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	near	near	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
35	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	39	advmod	_	_
36	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	conj	_	_
39	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
40	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl:unmarked	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	39	obl	_	_
44	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
48	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	47	advmod	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
54	before	before	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
59	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
63	round	round	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	65	det	_	_
65	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
67	very	very	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
69	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
70	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nsubj	_	_
71	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	aux	_	_
72	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
73	on	on	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	75	nummod	_	_
75	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
77	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
78	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	72	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past | the messenger |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the messenger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the messenger *= messenger* | a single name |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 4 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the messenger *= messenger* |  |  | the edge of a forest |  | to a high mountain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | foxes and hares |  | each |  | night |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient |
| 6 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the messenger *= messenger* | a little house |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus |
| 7 | **burn** *in a quote* | past · progressive | a fire |  |  | the door |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before door=Location |
| 8 | **dance** *in a quote* | past · progressive | a curious little Man |  |  | one leg |  | round this fire | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Location |
| 9 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | a curious little Man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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