--- title: Then the kid had to run home and fetch scissors, and a needle and th… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the kid had to run home and fetch scissors, and a needle and thread, and the goat cut open the monster’s stomach, and hardly had she made one cut, than one little kid thrust its head out, and when she had cut farther, all six sprang out one after another, and were all still alive, and had suffe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/41/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/) / 41 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, sentence 41 Then the kid had to run home and fetch scissors, and a needle and thread, and the goat cut open the monster’s stomach, and hardly had she made one cut, than one little kid thrust its head out, and when she had cut farther, all six sprang out one after another, and were all still alive, and had suffered no injury whatever, for in his greediness the monster had swallowed them down whole. **Who acts:** kid, needle, goat, six · **What happens:** have, run, fetch, cut, open, make out · **To what, where:** needle, scissors, stomach, one cut, one, injury This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (kid, needle, goat, six), 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:pg2591:35:41 # text = Then the kid had to run home and fetch scissors, and a needle and thread, and the goat cut open the monster’s stomach, and hardly had she made one cut, than one little kid thrust its head out, and when she had cut farther, all six sprang out one after another, and were all still alive, and had suffered no injury whatever, for in his greediness the monster had swallowed them down whole. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 fetch fetch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 thrust thrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 50 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 53 det _ _ 53 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nsubj _ _ 54 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 55 out out ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 obj _ _ 57 after after ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 62 all all ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 63 still still ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 69 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 70 det _ _ 70 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 73 for for ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 greediness greediness NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj:pass _ _ 79 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 conj _ _ 81 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obj _ _ 82 down down ADP RP _ 80 compound:prt _ _ 83 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the kid | a needle and thread | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | a needle and thread *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fetch** | present | a needle and thread *not said here* | scissors | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme | | 4 | **cut** | past | the goat | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **open** | infinitive | the goat *not said here* | the monster's stomach | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stomach=Theme | | 6 | **make out** | past | goat | one cut | | | | than one little kid thrust; hardly *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cut=Stimulus | | 7 | **cut** | past · perfect | goat | | | | | far *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **spring out** | past | all six | one | | | after another | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location one=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | all six *not said here* | | | | still | alive, all *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **suffer** | past · perfect | | no injury | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **swallow down** | past · perfect · passive | | the monster | | | | for wolf's greediness; whole *property* | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/42/) - ↑ back to [The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/35/)