--- title: Catherine did as he told her, and thought to herself by the way, ‘Fr… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Catherine did as he told her, and thought to herself by the way, ‘Frederick wants something to eat; but I don’t think he is very fond of butter and cheese: I’ll bring him a bag of fine nuts, and the vinegar, for I have often seen him take some.’ Who acts: Catherine, husband, Frederick, 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 (Catherine, husband, Frederick, 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:pg2591:29:62 # text = Catherine did as he told her, and thought to herself by the way, ‘Frederick wants something to eat; but I don’t think he is very fond of butter and cheese: I’ll bring him a bag of fine nuts, and the vinegar, for I have often seen him take some.’ 1 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Frederick Frederick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ll 'll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 39 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 vinegar vinegar NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 for for SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 often often ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Catherine | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | husband | | Catherine | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | Catherine *not said here* | | Catherine | | | by the way | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **want** | present | Frederick | something | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Frederick *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | husband | | | | | of butter and cheese; fond *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **'ll** | past | I | the vinegar | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bring** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a bag of fine nuts | husband | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bag=Theme | | 10 | **see** | present · perfect | I | husband | | | | often *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **take** | infinitive | husband *not said here* | some | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/63/) - ↑ back to [Frederick and Catherine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/29/)