--- title: When he entered the forest he met a little grey-haired old man who b… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he entered the forest he met a little grey-haired old man who bade him good day, and said: ‘Do give me a piece of cake out of your pocket, and let me have a draught of your wine; I am so hungry and thirsty.’ Who acts: eldest, little grey haired old man, me, 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 (eldest, little grey haired old man, me, 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:pg2591:48:4 # text = When he entered the forest he met a little grey-haired old man who bade him good day, and said: ‘Do give me a piece of cake out of your pocket, and let me have a draught of your wine; 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 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 10 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 haired haired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | eldest *= eld* | the forest | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Destination | | 2 | **meet** | past | eldest *= eld* | a little grey haired old man | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 3 | **bade** | past | a little grey haired old man | man | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | infinitive · do-support | | a piece of cake | me | your pocket | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient piece=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | infinitive | me *not said here* | a draught of your wine | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient | | 8 | **is** | present | I | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/5/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)