--- title: ‘Now,’ said the grinder, as he gave him a common rough stone that la… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now,’ said the grinder, as he gave him a common rough stone that lay by his side, ‘this is a most capital stone; do but work it well enough, and you can make an old nail cut with it.’ Who acts: grinder, common rough stone, this, you. 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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 (grinder, common rough stone, this, you), 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:pg2591:3:104 # text = ‘Now,’ said the grinder, as he gave him a common rough stone that lay by his side, ‘this is a most capital stone; do but work it well enough, and you can make an old nail cut with it.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 grinder grinder NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 29 advmod _ _ 28 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 36 enough enough ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the grinder | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grinder=Topic | | 2 | **give** | past | grinder | | Hans | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | past | a common rough stone | | | | | by Hans's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | this | a capital stone | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | infinitive · do-support | | more | | | | well *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material | | 6 | **make** | can | you | a old nail | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Product | | 7 | **cut** | participle | | a old nail *not said here* | | | | with more | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with it=Instrument | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/105/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)