--- title: Then a man approached who heard this conversation which the youth wa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then a man approached who heard this conversation which the youth was holding with himself, and when they had walked a little farther to where they could see the gallows, the man said to him: ‘Look, there is the tree where seven men have married the ropemaker’s daughter, and are now learning how to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/60/) [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 Story of the Youth Who Went Forth…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/) / 60 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, sentence 60 Then a man approached who heard this conversation which the youth was holding with himself, and when they had walked a little farther to where they could see the gallows, the man said to him: ‘Look, there is the tree where seven men have married the ropemaker’s daughter, and are now learning how to fly. **Who acts:** man, youth, talers, tree · **What happens:** approach, hear, hold, walk, see, say · **To what, where:** conversation, gallows, youth, seven men · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, youth, talers, tree), 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:pg2591:57:60 # text = Then a man approached who heard this conversation which the youth was holding with himself, and when they had walked a little farther to where they could see the gallows, the man said to him: ‘Look, there is the tree where seven men have married the ropemaker’s daughter, and are now learning how to fly. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 with with 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 24 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 25 to to SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 47 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 ropemaker ropemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ _ 59 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 60 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | a man | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | | this conversation | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer conversation=Stimulus | | 3 | **hold** | past · progressive | the youth | this conversation | | | | with youth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | past · perfect | talers *= taler* | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | could | talers *= taler* | the gallows | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gallows=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | the gallows *not said here* | youth | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gallows=Topic to he=Recipient | | 7 | **look** | infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** | present | the tree | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **marry** | present · perfect · passive | | seven men | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **learn** | present · progressive | a man *not said here* | | | | now | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **fly** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/61/) - ↑ 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/)