--- title: They believed no otherwise than that it was the peasant who was sayi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They believed no otherwise than that it was the peasant who was saying this, and answered: ‘That is what we intend, but first you shall look about you a little down below there,’ and they rolled the barrel down into the water. Who acts: peasants, barrel, peasant, That. 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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 (peasants, barrel, peasant, That), 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:pg2591:28:81 # text = They believed no otherwise than that it was the peasant who was saying this, and answered: ‘That is what we intend, but first you shall look about you a little down below there,’ and they rolled the barrel down into the water. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 4 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obl _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 intend intend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 36 below below ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 down down ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | peasants *= peasant* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | barrel | | | | | than no peasant; otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | no peasant | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | That | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **intend** | present | we | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** | shall | you | | | | | about you; down, first *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about you=Theme | | 8 | **roll down** | past | peasants *= peasant* | the barrel | | the water | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent barrel=Theme into water=Trajectory | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/82/) - ↑ back to [The Little Peasant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/28/)