--- title: One day, as the woodman was getting ready to go into the wood to cut… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day, as the woodman was getting ready to go into the wood to cut fuel, he said, ‘I wish I had someone to bring the cart after me, for I want to make haste.’ Who acts: woodman, I. 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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 (woodman, I), 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:pg2591:25:10 # text = One day, as the woodman was getting ready to go into the wood to cut fuel, he said, ‘I wish I had someone to bring the cart after me, for I want to make haste.’ 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 9 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 17 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 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 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 27 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · progressive | the woodman | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | the woodman *not said here* | | | the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **cut** | to-infinitive | the woodman *not said here* | fuel | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fuel=Product | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woodman | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | I | someone | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient | | 7 | **bring** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the cart | | | after me | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cart=Theme | | 8 | **want** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/11/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)