--- title: The next day the little man came, and she began with TIMOTHY, ICHABO… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the little man came, and she began with TIMOTHY, ICHABOD, BENJAMIN, JEREMIAH, and all the names she could remember; but to all and each of them he said, ‘Madam, that is not my name.’ Who acts: little man, queen, names, man. 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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 (little man, queen, names, man), 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:pg2591:25:139 # text = The next day the little man came, and she began with TIMOTHY, ICHABOD, BENJAMIN, JEREMIAH, and all the names she could remember; but to all and each of them he said, ‘Madam, that is not my name.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 TIMOTHY TIMOTHY PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 ICHABOD ICHABOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 BENJAMIN BENJAMIN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 JEREMIAH JEREMIAH PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 ccomp _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 31 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the little man | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | queen | | | | | with TIMOTHY and ICHABOD and BENJAMIN and JEREMIAH | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with timothy=Subeventuality | | 3 | **remember** | could | all names | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | Madam and my name | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is a** | present | that | my name | | | | | tree rules | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/140/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)