--- title: Dummling asked him what he was taking to heart so sorely, and he ans… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Dummling asked him what he was taking to heart so sorely, and he answered: ‘I have such a great thirst and cannot quench it; cold water I cannot stand, a barrel of wine I have just emptied, but that to me is like a drop on a hot stone!’ Who acts: Dummling, I, cold water, wine. 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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, I, cold water, wine), 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:pg2591:48:46 # text = Dummling asked him what he was taking to heart so sorely, and he answered: ‘I have such a great thirst and cannot quench it; cold water I cannot stand, a barrel of wine I have just emptied, but that to me is like a drop on a hot stone!’ 1 Dummling Dummling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 sorely sorely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 23 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 quench quench VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 emptied empty VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 like like ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Dummling | | man | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | past · progressive | Dummling | | | | | sorely *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Dummling | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | I | such great thirst | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirst=Patient | | 5 | **not** **quench** | can | I *not said here* | thirst | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **stand** | can | cold water | a barrel of wine | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **empty** | present · perfect · passive | wine *not said here* | I | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 8 | **is** | present | that | | | a hot stone | | like a drop | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/47/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)