--- title: The man now thought he should like to continue his journey, but the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The man now thought he should like to continue his journey, but the giant begged him to remain for a day or two longer until the return of his brother, who was away in search of provisions. Who acts: man, giant, brother. 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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 (man, giant, brother), 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:pg2591:47:62 # text = The man now thought he should like to continue his journey, but the giant begged him to remain for a day or two longer until the return of his brother, who was away in search of provisions. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 conj _ _ 25 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 26 until until ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the man | | | | now | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **like** | should | man | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **continue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man's journey | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the giant | | man | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the giant *not said here* | | | | until the return of man's brother; day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | man's brother | | | search of provisions | | away *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **journey** | | man | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **return** | | man's brother | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **search** | | | provisions | | | | | nom search «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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/63/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)