--- title: Meantime the huntsman came nearer and looked at the lady, and said t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Meantime the huntsman came nearer and looked at the lady, and said to himself, ‘I have been travelling so long that I should like to go into this castle and rest myself, for I have money enough to pay for anything I want’; but the real reason was, that he wanted to see more of the beautiful lady. 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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 (Meantime huntsman, I, money, real reason), 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:pg2591:56:19 # text = Meantime the huntsman came nearer and looked at the lady, and said to himself, ‘I have been travelling so long that I should like to go into this castle and rest myself, for I have money enough to pay for anything I want’; but the real reason was, that he wanted to see more of the beautiful lady. 1 Meantime meantime VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 huntsman huntsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux _ _ 21 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 35 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 40 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 enough enough ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 obl _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 60 obj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meantime** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the Meantime huntsman | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | the Meantime huntsman *not said here* | | | | | at the lady | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lady=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | huntsman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 5 | **travel** | present · perfect · progressive | I | | | | | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | this castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into castle=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **rest** | infinitive | I *not said here* | myself | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location myself=Theme | | 9 | **have** | present | I | money | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **pay** | to-infinitive | money *not said here* | | | | | for anything | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for anything=Theme | | 11 | **want** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 12 | **is** | past | the real reason | | | | | want *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the real reason *not said here* | more | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/20/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)