--- title: ‘What’s that to me?’ said the little man; ‘you have had your frolic,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘What’s that to me?’ said the little man; ‘you have had your frolic, now I’ve a mind to be merry myself’; and he began, singing and shouting as loud as he could. Who acts: little man, you, I, man. 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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 (little man, you, I, 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:pg2591:25:92 # text = ‘What’s that to me?’ said the little man; ‘you have had your frolic, now I’ve a mind to be merry myself’; and he began, singing and shouting as loud as he could. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 frolic frolic NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ _ 29 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present · perfect | you | your frolic | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frolic=Patient | | 3 | **have** | present | I | a mind | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | myself *obl*; merry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **frolic** | | your | | | | | | nom frolic «act 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/93/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)