--- title: So she called all seven to her and said: ‘Dear children, I have to g… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So she called all seven to her and said: ‘Dear children, I have to go into the forest, be on your guard against the wolf; if he comes in, he will devour you all--skin, hair, and everything. Who acts: goat, I, Dear children, he. 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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 (goat, I, Dear children, he), 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:pg2591:35:3 # text = So she called all seven to her and said: ‘Dear children, I have to go into the forest, be on your guard against the wolf; if he comes in, he will devour you all--skin, hair, and everything. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 in in ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | goat | all seven | her *= she* | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent seven=Topic to she=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | goat *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | present | I | Dear children *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | Dear children *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | | | | your guard | | against the wolf | tree rules | | 6 | **come in** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | everything | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **devour** | future | he | you | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/4/) - ↑ back to [The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/)