--- title: They went on together, and as they passed a cherry-tree, the giant l… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They went on together, and as they passed a cherry-tree, the giant laid hold of the top of the tree where the ripest fruit was hanging, bent it down, gave it into the tailor’s hand, and bade him eat. Who acts: arms, ripest fruit. 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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 (arms, ripest fruit), 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:pg2591:19:48 # text = They went on together, and as they passed a cherry-tree, the giant laid hold of the top of the tree where the ripest fruit was hanging, bent it down, gave it into the tailor’s hand, and bade him eat. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 laid laid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 ripest ripe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | arms *= arm* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on together=Location | | 2 | **pass** | past | arms *= arm* | a cherry tree | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Trajectory | | 3 | **hang** | past · progressive | the ripest fruit | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bend down** | past | arms *= arm* *not said here* | tree | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material | | 5 | **give** | past | arms *= arm* *not said here* | tree | | the tailor's hand | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | present | | bade | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hold** | | | the top of the tree | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/49/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)