--- title: But when he began to hew down a tree, it was not long before he made… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when he began to hew down a tree, it was not long before he made a false stroke, and the axe cut him in the arm, so that he had to go home and have it bound up. Who acts: man, tree, axe. 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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 (man, tree, axe), 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:pg2591:48:6 # text = But when he began to hew down a tree, it was not long before he made a false stroke, and the axe cut him in the arm, so that he had to go home and have it bound up. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hew hew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 34 mark _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 home home ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **hew down** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | a tree | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | tree | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past | man | a false stroke | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Product | | 5 | **cut** | past | the axe | man | | the arm | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product | | 6 | **have** | past | man | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | present | man *not said here* | axe | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bind up** | participle | axe *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/7/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)