--- title: So the fisherman was forced to go; and he muttered as he went along,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the fisherman was forced to go; and he muttered as he went along, ‘This will come to no good, it is too much to ask; the fish will be tired at last, and then we shall be sorry for what we have done.’ Who acts: fisherman, This, slave, 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 (fisherman, This, slave, 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:pg2591:11:67 # text = So the fisherman was forced to go; and he muttered as he went along, ‘This will come to no good, it is too much to ask; the fish will be tired at last, and then we shall be sorry for what we have done.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 muttered mutter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 along along ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 too too ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 48 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | past · passive | | the fisherman | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | the fisherman *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | past | fisherman | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go along** | past | fisherman | | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | future | This | | | no good | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to good=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | present | slave | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | future | the fish | | | last | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | shall | we | | | | then | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | present · perfect | we | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/68/) - ↑ back to [The Fisherman and His Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/)