--- title: ‘Who would have thought you would have been so silly,’ said he, ‘as… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Who would have thought you would have been so silly,’ said he, ‘as to put an earthenware stall in the corner of the market, where everybody passes? but let us have no more crying; I see you are not fit for this sort of work, so I have been to the king’s palace, and asked if they did not want a kitc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/56/) [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/) / [King Grisly-beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/) / 56 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, King Grisly-beard, sentence 56 ‘Who would have thought you would have been so silly,’ said he, ‘as to put an earthenware stall in the corner of the market, where everybody passes? but let us have no more crying; I see you are not fit for this sort of work, so I have been to the king’s palace, and asked if they did not want a kitchen-maid; and they say they will take you, and there you will have plenty to eat.’ **Who acts:** you, husband, everybody, us, I, threads · **What happens:** think, be, say, put, pass, let · **To what, where:** earthenware stall, corner, us, more crying, kitchen maid, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, King Grisly-beard. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, husband, everybody, us), 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:pg2591:58:56 # text = ‘Who would have thought you would have been so silly,’ said he, ‘as to put an earthenware stall in the corner of the market, where everybody passes? but let us have no more crying; I see you are not fit for this sort of work, so I have been to the king’s palace, and asked if they did not want a kitchen-maid; and they say they will take you, and there you will have plenty to eat.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 earthenware earthenware NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 33 nsubj _ _ 33 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 amod _ _ 41 crying crying NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 ccomp _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 57 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 63 cop _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’s 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 67 if if SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 68 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 69 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 71 advmod _ _ 71 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 ccomp _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 73 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 74 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ; ; PUNCT : _ 79 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 78 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 80 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 81 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 82 aux _ _ 82 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 ccomp _ _ 83 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 82 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 85 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 86 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 89 advmod _ _ 87 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 88 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 89 aux _ _ 89 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 conj _ _ 90 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obj _ _ 91 to to PART TO _ 92 mark _ _ 92 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 90 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 94 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would · perfect | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | would · perfect | you | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | husband | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **put** | to-infinitive | | a earthenware stall | | the corner of the market | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stall=Theme in corner=Destination | | 5 | **pass** | present | everybody | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | infinitive | us *not said here* | no more crying | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crying=Patient | | 8 | **see** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **not** **is** | present | you | | | | | for this sort of work; fit *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | present · perfect | I | | | | | to the king's palace | tree rules | | 11 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **not** **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | threads *= thread* | a kitchen maid | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot maid=Theme | | 13 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | threads *= thread* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 14 | **take** | future | threads *= thread* | | you | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 15 | **have** | future | you | plenty | | there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | | 16 | **eat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | plenty *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 17 | **sort** | | | work | | | | | nom sort «cognition 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/57/) - ↑ back to [King Grisly-beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/)