--- title: The third day one of the messengers came back, and said, ‘I have tra… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The third day one of the messengers came back, and said, ‘I have travelled two days without hearing of any other names; but yesterday, as I was climbing a high hill, among the trees of the forest where the fox and the hare bid each other good night, I saw a little hut; and before the hut burnt a fir --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/141/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/) / 141 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, sentence 141 The third day one of the messengers came back, and said, ‘I have travelled two days without hearing of any other names; but yesterday, as I was climbing a high hill, among the trees of the forest where the fox and the hare bid each other good night, I saw a little hut; and before the hut burnt a fire; and round about the fire a funny little dwarf was dancing upon one leg, and singing: **Who acts:** third day, I, fox, funny little dwarf, other names · **What happens:** come back, say, travell, climb, bid, see · **To what, where:** high hill, little hut, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Tom Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (third day, I, fox, funny little dwarf), 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:pg2591:25:141 # text = The third day one of the messengers came back, and said, ‘I have travelled two days without hearing of any other names; but yesterday, as I was climbing a high hill, among the trees of the forest where the fox and the hare bid each other good night, I saw a little hut; and before the hut burnt a fire; and round about the fire a funny little dwarf was dancing upon one leg, and singing: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 flat _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 without without ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 climbing climb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 50 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 51 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 63 before before ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 66 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 80 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 71 round round ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 72 about about ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 76 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 77 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 79 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 advcl _ _ 81 upon upon ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 83 nummod _ _ 83 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 and and CCONJ CC _ 86 cc _ _ 86 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 80 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | the third day | | | | yesterday | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **travell** | present · perfect | I | | | | day | without hearing of any other names | tree rules | | 4 | **climb** | past · progressive | I | a high hill | | | | among the trees of the forest | tree rules | | 5 | **bid** | past | the fox and the hare | | | | night | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | I | a little hut | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hut=Stimulus | | 7 | **burnt** | past | | a fire | | | before the hut | | tree rules | | 8 | **dance** | past · progressive | a funny little dwarf | | | | | about the fire; upon one leg; round *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about fire=Location | | 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a funny little dwarf *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **hear** | | any other names | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/142/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)