--- title: The servant, however, thought he intended by that to say: ‘That is t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The servant, however, thought he intended by that to say: ‘That is the first thief,’ and as he actually was so, he was terrified, and said to his comrade outside: ‘The doctor knows all: we shall fare ill, he said I was the first.’ Who acts: servant, That, doctor, we. 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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 (servant, That, doctor, we), 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:pg2591:52:18 # text = The servant, however, thought he intended by that to say: ‘That is the first thief,’ and as he actually was so, he was terrified, and said to his comrade outside: ‘The doctor knows all: we shall fare ill, he said I was the first.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 actually actually ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 outside outside ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 fare fare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 49 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the servant | | | | | however *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **intend** | participle | servant | | | | | by that | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | That | the first thief | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | servant | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | servant's comrade | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to comrade=Recipient | | 7 | **know** | present | the doctor | all | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fare** | shall | we | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | servant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | I | | | | | first *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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/52/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/52/19/) - ↑ back to [Doctor Knowall](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/52/)