--- title: At last, as he could come to no conclusion, he drew off his boot and… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: At last, as he could come to no conclusion, he drew off his boot and said: "Take this boot, which has a hole in the sole, and go with it out of doors and hang it on the great nail and then pour water into it. Who acts: widow, boot. 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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 (widow, boot), 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:pg11027:24:6 # text = At last, as he could come to no conclusion, he drew off his boot and said: "Take this boot, which has a hole in the sole, and go with it out of doors and hang it on the great nail and then pour water into it. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 off off ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sole sole NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 49 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 50 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | could | widow | | | last | | to no conclusion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to conclusion=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **draw off** | past | widow | widow's boot | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | widow *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this boot | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | this boot | a hole | | the sole | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | doors | | with sole | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out door=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **hang** *in a quote* | infinitive | | hole | | the great nail | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on nail=Destination | | 8 | **pour** *in a quote* | infinitive | | water | | water | then | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into it=Destination | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/7/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)