--- title: The second day she began with all the comical names she could hear o… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The second day she began with all the comical names she could hear of, BANDY-LEGS, HUNCHBACK, CROOK-SHANKS, and so on; but the little gentleman still said to every one of them, ‘Madam, that is not my name.’ Who acts: name, little gentleman, that. 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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 (name, little gentleman, that), 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:pg2591:25:140 # text = The second day she began with all the comical names she could hear of, BANDY-LEGS, HUNCHBACK, CROOK-SHANKS, and so on; but the little gentleman still said to every one of them, ‘Madam, that is not my name.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 comical comical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 BANDY BANDY PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 LEGS leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 HUNCHBACK hunchback NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 CROOK crook NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 SHANKS shank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 on on ADV RB _ 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Madam madam NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | name | BANDY LEGS and HUNCHBACK and CROOK SHANKS | | | day | with all comical names | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with name=Subeventuality | | 2 | **hear** | could | name | all comical names *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little gentleman | | every one of SHANKS | | still | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient | | 4 | **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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/141/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)