--- title: When he heard what Dummling wanted, he said: ‘Since you have given m… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he heard what Dummling wanted, he said: ‘Since you have given me to eat and to drink, I will give you the ship; and I do all this because you once were kind to me.’ Who acts: Dummling, you, 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, you, 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:pg2591:48:58 # text = When he heard what Dummling wanted, he said: ‘Since you have given me to eat and to drink, I will give you the ship; and I do all this because you once were kind to me.’ 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 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 5 Dummling Dummling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Since since SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 34 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obj _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 39 advmod _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Dummling | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | Dummling | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dummling | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** | present · perfect | you | me | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **drink** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | future | I | the ship | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient ship=Theme | | 8 | **do** | present | I | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 9 | **is** | past | you | | me | | | kind, once *property* | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/59/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)