--- title: When the time came the mother harnessed the horse to the cart, and p… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the time came the mother harnessed the horse to the cart, and put Tom into his ear; and as he sat there the little man told the beast how to go, crying out, ‘Go on!’ and ‘Stop!’ as he wanted: and thus the horse went on just as well as if the woodman had driven it himself into the wood. 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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 (time, mother, Tom, little 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:pg2591:25:15 # text = When the time came the mother harnessed the horse to the cart, and put Tom into his ear; and as he sat there the little man told the beast how to go, crying out, ‘Go on!’ and ‘Stop!’ as he wanted: and thus the horse went on just as well as if the woodman had driven it himself into the wood. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 harnessed harness VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 iobj _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 41 on on ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 thus thus ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 58 on on ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 just just ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 57 advmod _ _ 61 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 60 fixed _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 63 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 66 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 advcl _ _ 68 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 67 obj _ _ 70 into into ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **harness** | past | the mother | the horse | | | | to the cart | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient to cart=Co-Patient | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | the mother *not said here* | | Tom | Tom's ear | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tom=Goal | | 4 | **sit** | past | Tom | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the little man | | the beast | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent beast=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go on** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **stop** | infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 10 | **want** | past | Tom | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 11 | **go on** | past | the horse | | | | | thus *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **drive** | past · perfect · passive | | the woodman | | the wood | | | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/16/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)