--- title: So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red-Cap, and the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red-Cap, and then he said: ‘See, Little Red-Cap, how pretty the flowers are about here--why do you not look round? Who acts: wolf, flowers, you. 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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 (wolf, flowers, you), 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:pg2591:23:18 # text = So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red-Cap, and then he said: ‘See, Little Red-Cap, how pretty the flowers are about here--why do you not look round? 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 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Cap Cap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Cap Cap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 31 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 39 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 43 round round ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | wolf | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wolf | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | | Little Red and Cap | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | the flowers | | | | | here, pretty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **look round** | present · do-support | you | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/19/) - ↑ back to [Little Red-cap \[little Red Riding Hood\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/23/)