--- title: And now the little peasant and his wife had the cow for which they h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And now the little peasant and his wife had the cow for which they had so long wished, and they were heartily glad, but they had no food for it, and could give it nothing to eat, so it soon had to be killed. Who acts: little peasant, peasants, 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 (little peasant, peasants, 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:pg2591:28:15 # text = And now the little peasant and his wife had the cow for which they had so long wished, and they were heartily glad, but they had no food for it, and could give it nothing to eat, so it soon had to be killed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 heartily heartily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the little peasant and village's wife | the cow | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient | | 2 | **have** | past | peasants *= peasant* | | | | | for the cow | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** | participle | peasants *= peasant* *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **is** | past | peasants *= peasant* | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | peasants *= peasant* | no food | | | | for calf | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 6 | **give** | could | the little peasant and village's wife *not said here* | calf | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient nothing=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the little peasant and village's wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | calf | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **kill** | to-infinitive · passive | calf *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/16/) - ↑ back to [The Little Peasant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/)