--- title: Then thought he to himself, ‘It will be a very droll thing to bring… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then thought he to himself, ‘It will be a very droll thing to bring away such a fine bird in this shabby cage’; so he opened the door and took hold of it and put it into the golden cage. Who acts: bird, fox. 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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 (bird, fox), 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:pg2591:2:28 # text = Then thought he to himself, ‘It will be a very droll thing to bring away such a fine bird in this shabby cage’; so he opened the door and took hold of it and put it into the golden cage. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 droll droll ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 21 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 24 shabby shabby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | fox | fox | | then | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | future | bird | a droll thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring away** | to-infinitive | | | such fine bird | this shabby cage | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bird=Destination | | 4 | **open** | past | fox | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | fox *not said here* | hold of bird | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | fox *not said here* | bird | | the golden cage | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 7 | **hold** | | | bird | | | | | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/29/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)