--- title: ‘There is a nasty frog,’ said she, ‘at the door, that lifted my ball… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘There is a nasty frog,’ said she, ‘at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning: I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.’ Who acts: nasty frog, princess, that, I. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/) / 22 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Frog-prince, sentence 22 ‘There is a nasty frog,’ said she, ‘at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning: I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.’ **Who acts:** nasty frog, princess, that, I, father · **What happens:** be, say, lift, tell, live, think · **To what, where:** ball, door, father · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Frog-prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nasty frog, princess, that, I), 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:pg2591:13:22 # text = ‘There is a nasty frog,’ said she, ‘at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning: I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 nasty nasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 47 out out ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 55 expl _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 56 at at ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 65 in in ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a nasty frog | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lift** | past | that | my ball | | the door | morning; spring | for me | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ball=Theme at door=Destination | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **live** *not said to happen* | should | father | | | here | | with me | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **get out** | could | father | | | | spring | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | present | father | | | the door; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location | | 9 | **want** | present | father | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **come in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/23/) - ↑ back to [The Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/)