--- title: So saying he set out and travelled till he came to a hill, where thr… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So saying he set out and travelled till he came to a hill, where three giants were sharing their father’s goods; and as they saw him pass they cried out and said, ‘Little men have sharp wits; he shall part the goods between us.’ Who acts: luck, three giants, giants, Little men. 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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 (luck, three giants, giants, Little men), 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:pg2591:51:68 # text = So saying he set out and travelled till he came to a hill, where three giants were sharing their father’s goods; and as they saw him pass they cried out and said, ‘Little men have sharp wits; he shall part the goods between us.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 sharing share VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 41 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 wits wit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 46 nsubj _ _ 49 between between ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | luck *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **set out** | past | luck | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **travel** | past | luck *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | luck | | | a hill | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hill=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **share** | past · progressive | three giants | giants's father's goods | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | giants *= giant* | luck | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pass** | infinitive | luck *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | giants *= giant* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | giants *= giant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **have** | present | Little men | sharp wits | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Patient | | 11 | **part** | shall | luck | | | | | | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/69/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)