--- title: Now--odd as you may think it--it came to pass that this good woman’s… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now--odd as you may think it--it came to pass that this good woman’s wish was fulfilled, just in the very way she had wished it; for, not long afterwards, she had a little boy, who was quite healthy and strong, but was not much bigger than my thumb. Who acts: you, wheel, woman, little boy. 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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 (you, wheel, woman, little boy), 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:pg2591:25:5 # text = Now--odd as you may think it--it came to pass that this good woman’s wish was fulfilled, just in the very way she had wished it; for, not long afterwards, she had a little boy, who was quite healthy and strong, but was not much bigger than my thumb. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 -- -- PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 37 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 quite quite ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 much much ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 conj _ _ 57 than than ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | may | you | wheel | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | wheel | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pass** | to-infinitive | wheel *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fulfil** | past · passive | | this good woman's wish | | the way | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wish** | past · perfect | woman | wheel | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | woman | a little boy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | a little boy | | | | | healthy *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | a little boy *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | than my thumb; big *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **wish** | | this good woman | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/6/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)