--- title: ‘Well done, sons!’ said the old man; ‘you have made good use of your… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well done, sons!’ said the old man; ‘you have made good use of your time, and learnt something worth the knowing; but I am sure I do not know which ought to have the prize. Who acts: old man, you, I. 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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 (old man, you, I), 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:pg2591:43:34 # text = ‘Well done, sons!’ said the old man; ‘you have made good use of your time, and learnt something worth the knowing; but I am sure I do not know which ought to have the prize. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 obj _ _ 26 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | sons | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** | present · perfect | you | good use of your time | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Product | | 4 | **learn** | past | the old man *not said here* | something | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 5 | **know** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **have** | ought | | the prize | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Patient | | 9 | **use** | | | your time | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/35/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)