--- title: ‘Did not you ask it for anything?’ said the wife, ‘we live very wret… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Did not you ask it for anything?’ said the wife, ‘we live very wretchedly here, in this nasty dirty pigsty; do go back and tell the fish we want a snug little cottage.’ Who acts: you, we. 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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 (you, we), 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:pg2591:11:8 # text = ‘Did not you ask it for anything?’ said the wife, ‘we live very wretchedly here, in this nasty dirty pigsty; do go back and tell the fish we want a snug little cottage.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 wretchedly wretchedly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 nasty nasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 pigsty pigsty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 30 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 snug snug ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present | you | | streak | | | for anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the wife | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | present | we | | | nasty dirty pigsty; here | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pigsty=Location | | 5 | **go back** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | the fish | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **want** | present | we | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/9/) - ↑ back to [The Fisherman and His Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/)