--- title: ‘Oh, ho!’ said the man, ‘you need not make so many words about the m… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, ho!’ said the man, ‘you need not make so many words about the matter; I will have nothing to do with a fish that can talk: so swim away, sir, as soon as you please!’ Who acts: ho, you, I, fish. 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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 (ho, you, I, fish), 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:pg2591:11:5 # text = ‘Oh, ho!’ said the man, ‘you need not make so many words about the matter; I will have nothing to do with a fish that can talk: so swim away, sir, as soon as you please!’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ho ho NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 please please INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ho | the man | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 2 | **not** **make** | present | you | many words | | | | about the matter | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Product | | 3 | **have** | future | I | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | with a fish | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **talk** | can | a fish | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **swim away** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | sir *vocative*; away, soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/6/) - ↑ back to [The Fisherman and His Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/)