--- title: So he said, ‘Yes,’ and forgot the fox’s counsel, and sat down on the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he said, ‘Yes,’ and forgot the fox’s counsel, and sat down on the side of the river; and while he suspected nothing, they came behind, and threw him down the bank, and took the princess, the horse, and the bird, and went home to the king their master, and said. Who acts: brother, people. 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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 (brother, people), 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:pg2591:2:69 # text = So he said, ‘Yes,’ and forgot the fox’s counsel, and sat down on the side of the river; and while he suspected nothing, they came behind, and threw him down the bank, and took the princess, the horse, and the bird, and went home to the king their master, and said. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 suspected suspect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 behind behind ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 down down ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 57 home home ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | | 2 | **forget** | past | brother *not said here* | the fox's counsel | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit down** | past | brother *not said here* | | | the side of the river | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 4 | **suspect** | past | brother | nothing | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent nothing=Attribute | | 5 | **come** | past | people | | | | | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **throw down** | past | people *not said here* | the bank | brother | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bank=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | | | the princess and the horse | | | the bird *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination | | 8 | **go** | past | | | | | | to the king people's master; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/70/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)