--- title: ‘I am contented with anything,’ replied the husband, ‘so far as I am… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I am contented with anything,’ replied the husband, ‘so far as I am concerned, bread and cheese will do,’ and looked at the peasant and said: ‘Come and eat some more with me.’ Who acts: 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 (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:pg2591:28:33 # text = ‘I am contented with anything,’ replied the husband, ‘so far as I am concerned, bread and cheese will do,’ and looked at the peasant and said: ‘Come and eat some more with me.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 concerned concerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ ' VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **content** | present · passive | | I | | | | with anything | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the husband | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | I | | | | | concerned *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **'** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | past | | | | | | at the peasant | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at peasant=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **eat** | infinitive | | some more | | | | with me | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/34/) - ↑ back to [The Little Peasant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/)