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title: THE TURNIP CLEVER HANS THE THREE LANGUAGES THE FOX AND THE CAT THE F… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: THE TURNIP CLEVER HANS THE THREE LANGUAGES THE FOX AND THE CAT THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS LILY AND THE LION THE FOX AND THE HORSE THE BLUE LIGHT THE RAVEN THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE WATER OF LIFE THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN DOCTOR KNOWALL THE SEVEN RAVENS THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX FIRST
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Preparer’s Note, sentence 6

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THE TURNIP CLEVER HANS THE THREE LANGUAGES THE FOX AND THE CAT THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS LILY AND THE LION THE FOX AND THE HORSE THE BLUE LIGHT THE RAVEN THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE WATER OF LIFE THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN DOCTOR KNOWALL THE SEVEN RAVENS THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX FIRST STORY SECOND STORY THE SALAD THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS KING GRISLY-BEARD IRON HANS CAT-SKIN SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED

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**Who acts:** WATER, WEDDING, STORY, FEAR · **What happens:** raven, fox, go, learn, be, wed · **To what, where:** GOLDEN GOOSE, STORY, MRS

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Preparer’s Note. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (WATER, WEDDING, STORY, FEAR), 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:pg2591:1:6
# text = THE TURNIP CLEVER HANS THE THREE LANGUAGES THE FOX AND THE CAT THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS LILY AND THE LION THE FOX AND THE HORSE THE BLUE LIGHT THE RAVEN THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE WATER OF LIFE THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN DOCTOR KNOWALL THE SEVEN RAVENS THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX FIRST STORY SECOND STORY THE SALAD THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS KING GRISLY-BEARD IRON HANS CAT-SKIN SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
1	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	TURNIP	turnip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	CLEVER	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	HANS	HANS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	THREE	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	LANGUAGES	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	FOX	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	CAT	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	FOUR	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	CLEVER	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nmod	_	_
16	BROTHERS	brothers	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	LILY	LILY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	LION	LION	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
21	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	FOX	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	_
23	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	HORSE	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
26	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	BLUE	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	LIGHT	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
29	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	RAVEN	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	GOLDEN	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	GOOSE	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
34	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	WATER	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
36	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	LIFE	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
38	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	TWELVE	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nummod	_	_
40	HUNTSMEN	HUNTSMEN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
41	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	KING	KING	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
43	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
44	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
45	GOLDEN	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
46	MOUNTAIN	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	DOCTOR	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
48	KNOWALL	KNOWALL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	_
49	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	SEVEN	seven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
51	RAVENS	raven	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
52	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	WEDDING	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
54	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	MRS	mr	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	_
56	FOX	fox	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	ccomp	_	_
57	FIRST	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	58	advmod	_	_
58	STORY	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	_
59	SECOND	SECOND	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	60	amod	_	_
60	STORY	STORY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
61	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	SALAD	SALAD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	appos	_	_
63	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	STORY	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
65	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	YOUTH	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	_
68	WHO	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	69	nsubj	_	_
69	WENT	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	acl	_	_
70	FORTH	forth	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
71	TO	to	PART	TO	_	72	mark	_	_
72	LEARN	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	69	advcl	_	_
73	WHAT	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	72	obj	_	_
74	FEAR	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	nsubj	_	_
75	WAS	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	76	cop	_	_
76	KING	king	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	acl:relcl	_	_
77	GRISLY	grisly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	77	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	BEARD	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	nsubj	_	_
80	IRON	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	conj	_	_
81	HANS	HANS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	appos	_	_
82	CAT	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	82	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	SKIN	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	compound	_	_
85	SNOW	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	WHITE	WHITE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	85	appos	_	_
88	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	89	cc	_	_
89	ROSE	ROSE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	87	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	91	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	RED	RED	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	87	flat	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raven** | present | the WATER of LIFE  the TWELVE HUNTSMEN of the GOLDEN MOUNTAIN DOCTOR | the GOLDEN GOOSE *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fox** | present | the WEDDING of MRS | STORY |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus story=Experiencer |
| 3 | **go** | past | the STORY of the YOUTH |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **learn** | to-infinitive | the STORY of the YOUTH *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 5 | **is** | past | FEAR |  |  |  |  | king *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **wed** |  |  | MRS |  |  |  |  | nom wedding «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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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