--- title: His master therefore was tired of keeping him and began to think of… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His master therefore was tired of keeping him and began to think of putting an end to him; but the ass, who saw that some mischief was in the wind, took himself slyly off, and began his journey towards the great city, ‘For there,’ thought he, ‘I may turn musician.’ Who acts: master, ass, mischief, f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/) / 2 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Travelling Musicians, sentence 2 His master therefore was tired of keeping him and began to think of putting an end to him; but the ass, who saw that some mischief was in the wind, took himself slyly off, and began his journey towards the great city, ‘For there,’ thought he, ‘I may turn musician.’ **Who acts:** master, ass, mischief, farmer · **What happens:** be, keep, begin, think, put, see · **To what, where:** farmer, end, wind, ass, journey, musician · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Travelling Musicians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, ass, mischief, farmer), 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:pg2591:5:2 # text = His master therefore was tired of keeping him and began to think of putting an end to him; but the ass, who saw that some mischief was in the wind, took himself slyly off, and began his journey towards the great city, ‘For there,’ thought he, ‘I may turn musician.’ 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 parataxis _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 slyly slyly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 off off ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 towards towards ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 For for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 53 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 ccomp _ _ 60 musician musician NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | farmer's master | | | | | therefore, tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | gerund | farmer's master *not said here* | farmer | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | farmer's master *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | farmer's master *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **put** | gerund | farmer's master *not said here* | a end | farmer | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | | 6 | **see** | past | the ass | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | some mischief | | | the wind | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take** | past | the ass | ass | | | | off *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 9 | **begin** | past | the ass *not said here* | farmer's journey | | | | towards the great city | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **turn** | may | ass | musician | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent musician=Theme | | 12 | **journey** | | farmer | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/3/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/)