--- title: She was, moreover, very shrewd and clever; and the miller was so pro… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She was, moreover, very shrewd and clever; and the miller was so proud of her, that he one day told the king of the land, who used to come and hunt in the wood, that his daughter could spin gold out of straw. Who acts: miller, Tom, land, daughter. 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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 (miller, Tom, land, daughter), 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:pg2591:25:109 # text = She was, moreover, very shrewd and clever; and the miller was so proud of her, that he one day told the king of the land, who used to come and hunt in the wood, that his daughter could spin gold out of straw. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 shrewd shrewd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 46 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 out out ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | miller | | | | | moreover, shrewd *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | miller *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the miller | | | | | of mother; proud *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Tom | | the king of the land | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 5 | **use** | past | the land | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | the land *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hunt** | infinitive | the land *not said here* | | | the wood | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location | | 8 | **spin** | could | Tom's daughter | gold | | straw | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent gold=Theme out straw=Trajectory | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/110/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)