--- title: Now it came to pass that his father said to him one day: ‘Hearken to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now it came to pass that his father said to him one day: ‘Hearken to me, you fellow in the corner there, you are growing tall and strong, and you too must learn something by which you can earn your bread. Who acts: younger, father, you. 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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 (younger, father, 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:pg2591:57:8 # text = Now it came to pass that his father said to him one day: ‘Hearken to me, you fellow in the corner there, you are growing tall and strong, and you too must learn something by which you can earn your bread. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 fellow fellow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 30 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 39 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | younger *= young* | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | younger *= young* *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fellow's father | | fellow | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **hearken** | infinitive | younger *= young* *not said here* | | me | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fellow** | present | you | | | the corner; there | | | tree rules | | 6 | **grow** | present · progressive | you | | | | | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **learn** | must | you | something | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 8 | **earn** | can | you | your bread | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/9/) - ↑ 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/)