--- title: At night when he was going to drive the herd home again, he said to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At night when he was going to drive the herd home again, he said to the calf: ‘If you can stand there and eat your fill, you can also go on your four legs; I don’t care to drag you home again in my arms.’ Who acts: village, you, 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 (village, you, 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:pg2591:28:7 # text = At night when he was going to drive the herd home again, he said to the calf: ‘If you can stand there and eat your fill, you can also go on your four legs; I don’t care to drag you home again in my arms.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 If if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 fill fill NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 also also ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 drag drag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 home home ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | village | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **drive** | to-infinitive | village *not said here* | the herd | | | again | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme herd=Trajectory | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | village | | | | night | to the calf | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to calf=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **stand** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your fill | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient | | 6 | **go** | can | you | | | your four legs | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on leg=Location | | 7 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **drag** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | my arms | again | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/8/) - ↑ back to [The Little Peasant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/)