--- title: ‘Yes, father,’ answered he; ‘I have travelled all over the world, I… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes, father,’ answered he; ‘I have travelled all over the world, I think, in one way or other, since we parted; and now I am very glad to come home and get fresh air again.’ Who acts: father, I, we. 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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 (father, I, we), 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:pg2591:25:100 # text = ‘Yes, father,’ answered he; ‘I have travelled all over the world, I think, in one way or other, since we parted; and now I am very glad to come home and get fresh air again.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 since since SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 home home ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | father | | fear | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 2 | **travell** | present · perfect | I | | | the world | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | one way | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **part** | past | we | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | now | glad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **get** | infinitive | I *not said here* | fresh air | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/101/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)