--- title: But Tom, hearing of the bargain they wanted to make, crept up his fa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But Tom, hearing of the bargain they wanted to make, crept up his father’s coat to his shoulder and whispered in his ear, ‘Take the money, father, and let them have me; I’ll soon come back to you.’ Who acts: flesh, bargain, Tom, I. 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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 (flesh, bargain, Tom, I), 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:pg2591:25:27 # text = But Tom, hearing of the bargain they wanted to make, crept up his father’s coat to his shoulder and whispered in his ear, ‘Take the money, father, and let them have me; I’ll soon come back to you.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ll 'll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 43 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 44 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 45 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | flesh | the bargain *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the bargain *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **creep up** | past | Tom | Tom's father's coat | | | | to father's shoulder | tree rules | | 4 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | Tom *not said here* | | | father's ear | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | the money and father | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | flesh | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | infinitive | flesh *not said here* | me | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 8 | **'ll** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come back** | present | Tom *not said here* | | you | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **hear** | | the bargain | | | | | | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/28/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)