--- title: The woodman and his wife, being awakened by the noise, peeped throug… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The woodman and his wife, being awakened by the noise, peeped through a crack in the door; but when they saw a wolf was there, you may well suppose that they were sadly frightened; and the woodman ran for his axe, and gave his wife a scythe. Who acts: noise, woodman, wolf, you. 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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 (noise, woodman, wolf, you), 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:pg2591:25:93 # text = The woodman and his wife, being awakened by the noise, peeped through a crack in the door; but when they saw a wolf was there, you may well suppose that they were sadly frightened; and the woodman ran for his axe, and gave his wife a scythe. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 peeped peep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 scythe scythe NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awaken** | gerund · passive | the noise | the woodman and woodman's wife *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **peep** | participle | | the noise *not said here* | | | | through a crack in the door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through crack=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the woodman and woodman's wife | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | a wolf | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **suppose** | may | you | | | | | well *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **frighten** | past · passive | | cows *= cow* | | | | sadly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **run** | past | the woodman | | | | | for woodman's axe | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for axe=Beneficiary | | 8 | **give** | past | the woodman and woodman's wife *not said here* | a scythe | woodman's wife | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient scythe=Theme | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/94/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)