--- title: ‘I can find a cure for this,’ thought he; ‘now I will milk my cow an… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I can find a cure for this,’ thought he; ‘now I will milk my cow and quench my thirst’: so he tied her to the stump of a tree, and held his leathern cap to milk into; but not a drop was to be had. Who acts: I, heat, my. 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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, heat, my), 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:pg2591:3:37 # text = ‘I can find a cure for this,’ thought he; ‘now I will milk my cow and quench my thirst’: so he tied her to the stump of a tree, and held his leathern cap to milk into; but not a drop was to be had. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 quench quench VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 leathern leathern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | can | I | a cure | | | | for this | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cure=Theme for this=Beneficiary | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | heat | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **milk** | future | I | | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **quench** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my thirst | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thirst=Experiencer | | 5 | **tie** | past | heat | cow | | | | to the stump of a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to stump=Co-Patient | | 6 | **hold** | past | heat *not said here* | heat's leathern cap | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past · passive | | a drop | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **thirst** | | my | | | | | | nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/38/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)