--- title: Tom, however, was still not disheartened; and thinking the wolf woul… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom, however, was still not disheartened; and thinking the wolf would not dislike having some chat with him as he was going along, he called out, ‘My good friend, I can show you a famous treat.’ Who acts: thinking, 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 (thinking, 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:pg2591:25:84 # text = Tom, however, was still not disheartened; and thinking the wolf would not dislike having some chat with him as he was going along, he called out, ‘My good friend, I can show you a famous treat.’ 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 disheartened dishearten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 csubj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 dislike dislike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 17 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 xcomp _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 26 along along ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 treat treat NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dishearten** | past · passive | | Tom | | | still | however *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | the wolf | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wolf=Theme | | 3 | **not** **dislike** | would | thinking | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | gerund | thinking *not said here* | some chat | | | | with Tom | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Patient | | 5 | **go along** | past · progressive | Tom | | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | Tom | My good friend | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **show** | can | I | a famous treat | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient treat=Topic | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/85/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)