--- title: It happened that the eldest wanted to go into the forest to hew wood… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that the eldest wanted to go into the forest to hew wood, and before he went his mother gave him a beautiful sweet cake and a bottle of wine in order that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst. Who acts: It, eldest, man, mother. 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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 (It, eldest, man, mother), 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:pg2591:48:3 # text = It happened that the eldest wanted to go into the forest to hew wood, and before he went his mother gave him a beautiful sweet cake and a bottle of wine in order that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 hew hew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 before before SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | the eldest | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the eldest *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hew** | to-infinitive | the eldest *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient | | 5 | **go** | past | man | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | man's mother | a beautiful sweet cake and a bottle of wine | man | order | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cake=Theme | | 7 | **not** **suffer** | might | man | | | hunger or thirst | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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/pg2591/48/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/4/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)