--- title: While he was trying his luck in milking, and managing the matter ver… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While he was trying his luck in milking, and managing the matter very clumsily, the uneasy beast began to think him very troublesome; and at last gave him such a kick on the head as knocked him down; and there he lay a long while senseless. Who acts: heat, uneasy beast. 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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 (heat, uneasy beast), 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:pg2591:3:40 # text = While he was trying his luck in milking, and managing the matter very clumsily, the uneasy beast began to think him very troublesome; and at last gave him such a kick on the head as knocked him down; and there he lay a long while senseless. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 milking milking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 managing manage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 clumsily clumsily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 troublesome troublesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 kick kick NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 parataxis _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 49 while while SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 senseless senseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | heat | heat's luck | | milking | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality | | 2 | **manage** | gerund | heat *not said here* | the matter | | | | clumsily *property* | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | the uneasy beast | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the uneasy beast *not said here* | heat | | | | troublesome *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | | | heat | last | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at last=Asset | | 6 | **knock down** | past | | heat | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **lie** | past | heat | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/41/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)