--- title: Then he said: ‘Ha, ha, that is certainly my little cousin, who died… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he said: ‘Ha, ha, that is certainly my little cousin, who died only a few days ago,’ and he beckoned with his finger, and cried: ‘Come, little cousin, come.’ Who acts: man, that, little cousin. 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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 (man, that, little cousin), 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:pg2591:57:164 # text = Then he said: ‘Ha, ha, that is certainly my little cousin, who died only a few days ago,’ and he beckoned with his finger, and cried: ‘Come, little cousin, come.’ 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Ha ha INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 ha ha INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 ago ago ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 beckoned beckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | my little cousin | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | past | my little cousin | | | | | ago *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **beckon** | past | man | | | | | with man's finger | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | | little cousin | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/165/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/)