--- title: Then they hugged and kissed their dear little son, and gave him plen… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they hugged and kissed their dear little son, and gave him plenty to eat and drink, for he was very hungry; and then they fetched new clothes for him, for his old ones had been quite spoiled on his journey. Who acts: cows, father. 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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 (cows, father), 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:pg2591:25:104 # text = Then they hugged and kissed their dear little son, and gave him plenty to eat and drink, for he was very hungry; and then they fetched new clothes for him, for his old ones had been quite spoiled on his journey. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hugged hug VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 29 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 quite quite ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | past | cows *= cow* | | | | then | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | cows *= cow* *not said here* | cows's dear little son | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Co-Agent | | 3 | **give** | past | cows *= cow* *not said here* | plenty | father | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient plenty=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | cows *= cow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drink** | infinitive | cows *= cow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | father | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **fetch** | past | cows *= cow* | new clothes | | | then | for father | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme for he=Beneficiary | | 8 | **spoil** | past · perfect · passive | | father's old ones | | father's journey | | | tree rules | | 9 | **journey** | | father | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/105/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)