--- title: The peasant, however, said: ‘Don’t tell me that,’ and led the cow-he… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The peasant, however, said: ‘Don’t tell me that,’ and led the cow-herd before the mayor, who for his carelessness condemned him to give the peasant a cow for the calf which had run away. Who acts: peasant, mayor, calf. 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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 (peasant, mayor, calf), 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:pg2591:28:14 # text = The peasant, however, said: ‘Don’t tell me that,’ and led the cow-herd before the mayor, who for his carelessness condemned him to give the peasant a cow for the calf which had run away. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 carelessness carelessness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 condemned condemn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the peasant | | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive · do-support | | that | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient that=Topic | | 3 | **lead** | past | the peasant *not said here* | the cow herd | | the mayor | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herd=Theme before mayor=Destination | | 4 | **condemn** | past | the mayor | village | | | | for village's carelessness | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | the mayor *not said here* | a cow | the peasant | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent peasant=Recipient cow=Theme | | 6 | **run away** | past · perfect | the calf | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/15/) - ↑ back to [The Little Peasant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/)