--- title: Then he wanted to go his way; but she took hold of him, and said, ‘L… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he wanted to go his way; but she took hold of him, and said, ‘Listen, my friend, to what I am going to tell you; I will reward you for your kindness; go your way, and after a little time you will come to a tree where you will see nine birds sitting on a cloak. Who acts: huntsman, woman, I, you. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/3/) [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 Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/) / 3 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Salad, sentence 3 Then he wanted to go his way; but she took hold of him, and said, ‘Listen, my friend, to what I am going to tell you; I will reward you for your kindness; go your way, and after a little time you will come to a tree where you will see nine birds sitting on a cloak. **Who acts:** huntsman, woman, I, you, nine birds · **What happens:** want, go, take, say, listen, tell · **To what, where:** way, hold, friend, you, tree, nine birds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Salad. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (huntsman, woman, I, you), 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:pg2591:56:3 # text = Then he wanted to go his way; but she took hold of him, and said, ‘Listen, my friend, to what I am going to tell you; I will reward you for your kindness; go your way, and after a little time you will come to a tree where you will see nine birds sitting on a cloak. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 to to SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 nsubj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 reward reward VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 47 after after ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 60 advmod _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 acl:relcl _ _ 61 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 62 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 63 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 62 acl _ _ 64 on on ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | huntsman | | | | then | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | huntsman *not said here* | huntsman's way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | woman | hold of huntsman | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **listen** | infinitive | | my friend | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **reward** | future | I | you | | | | for your kindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for kindness=Attribute | | 9 | **go** | infinitive | | your way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 10 | **come** | future | you | | | a tree | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **see** | future | you | nine birds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | | 12 | **sit** | gerund | nine birds *not said here* | | | a cloak | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cloak=Location | | 13 | **hold** | | | huntsman | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/4/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)