--- title: When he came to the forest the little old grey man met him likewise,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he came to the forest the little old grey man met him likewise, and greeting him, said: ‘Give me a piece of your cake and a drink out of your bottle; I am so hungry and thirsty.’ Who acts: Dummling, little old grey man, 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 (Dummling, little old grey man, 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:pg2591:48:16 # text = When he came to the forest the little old grey man met him likewise, and greeting him, said: ‘Give me a piece of your cake and a drink out of your bottle; I am so hungry and thirsty.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 greeting greet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 33 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Dummling | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **meet** | past | the little old grey man | Dummling | | | | likewise *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | gerund | Dummling *not said here* | | Dummling | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | | a piece of your cake and a drink | me | your bottle | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient piece=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | I *not said here* | | | | | | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/17/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)