--- title: However, I’m off now once for all: I like your cow now a great deal… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, I’m off now once for all: I like your cow now a great deal better than this smart beast that played me this trick, and has spoiled my best coat, you see, in this puddle; which, by the by, smells not very like a nosegay. Who acts: I, smart beast, you, puddle. 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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, smart beast, you, puddle), 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:pg2591:3:25 # text = However, I’m off now once for all: I like your cow now a great deal better than this smart beast that played me this trick, and has spoiled my best coat, you see, in this puddle; which, by the by, smells not very like a nosegay. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 19 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 amod _ _ 20 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 puddle puddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 44 fixed _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 50 smells smell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 52 very very ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 like like ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 nosegay nosegay NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be off** | present | I | | | | | however, off, once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **like** | present | I | your cow | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cow=Theme | | 3 | **play** | past | this smart beast | me | | | | this trick *obl:unmarked* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **spoil** | present · perfect | | my best coat | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | present | you | this puddle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puddle=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **smell** | present | this puddle | | | | | like a nosegay | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/26/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)