--- title: Then the butcher gave him a flask of ale, saying, ‘There, drink and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the butcher gave him a flask of ale, saying, ‘There, drink and refresh yourself; your cow will give you no milk: don’t you see she is an old beast, good for nothing but the slaughter-house?’ Who acts: butcher, cow, 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 (butcher, cow, 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:pg2591:3:44 # text = Then the butcher gave him a flask of ale, saying, ‘There, drink and refresh yourself; your cow will give you no milk: don’t you see she is an old beast, good for nothing but the slaughter-house?’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 butcher butcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 refresh refresh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 19 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 39 obl _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the butcher | a flask of ale | Hans | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient flask=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the butcher *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | there | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **refresh** | infinitive | | yourself | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus yourself=Experiencer | | 5 | **give** | future | your cow | no milk | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient milk=Theme | | 6 | **not** **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | present | cow | a old beast | | | | | tree rules | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/45/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)