--- title: He did not take the huntsmen with him into the forest, and they were… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He did not take the huntsmen with him into the forest, and they were well pleased that he did not, for the wild boar had several times received them in such a manner that they had no inclination to lie in wait for him. Who acts: tailor, huntsmen, wild boar, several times. 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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 (tailor, huntsmen, wild boar, several times), 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:pg2591:19:127 # text = He did not take the huntsmen with him into the forest, and they were well pleased that he did not, for the wild boar had several times received them in such a manner that they had no inclination to lie in wait for him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 inclination inclination NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past · do-support | tailor | the huntsmen | | the forest | | with child | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent huntsman=Theme into forest=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | | | pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **do** | past | tailor | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | the wild boar | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **receive** | past | several times | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | such manner | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in manner=Location | | 6 | **have** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | no inclination | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inclination=Patient | | 7 | **lie** | to-infinitive | huntsmen *= huntsman* *not said here* | no inclination *not said here* | | wait for tailor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wait=Location | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/128/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)