--- title: ‘Ah!’ said the fisherman, ‘she says that when I had caught you, I ou… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah!’ said the fisherman, ‘she says that when I had caught you, I ought to have asked you for something before I let you go; she does not like living any longer in the pigsty, and wants a snug little cottage.’ Who acts: wife, I, you. 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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 (wife, I, you), 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:pg2591:11:16 # text = ‘Ah!’ said the fisherman, ‘she says that when I had caught you, I ought to have asked you for something before I let you go; she does not like living any longer in the pigsty, and wants a snug little cottage.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 23 obl _ _ 27 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 37 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 any any ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pigsty pigsty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 snug snug ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the fisherman | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fisherman=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary you=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | ought · perfect | I | | you | | | for something | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **let** | present | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | wife | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **live** *not said to happen* | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **want** | present | | a snug little cottage | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cottage=Theme | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/17/) - ↑ back to [The Fisherman and His Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/)