--- title: ‘But what can we do with him?’ said the shepherd, ‘he has not a toot… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But what can we do with him?’ said the shepherd, ‘he has not a tooth in his head, and the thieves don’t care for him at all; to be sure he has served us, but then he did it to earn his livelihood; tomorrow shall be his last day, depend upon it.’ Who acts: we, shepherd, thieves, tomorrow. 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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 (we, shepherd, thieves, tomorrow), 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:pg2591:6:4 # text = ‘But what can we do with him?’ said the shepherd, ‘he has not a tooth in his head, and the thieves don’t care for him at all; to be sure he has served us, but then he did it to earn his livelihood; tomorrow shall be his last day, depend upon it.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 livelihood livelihood NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 54 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 depend depend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 59 parataxis _ _ 62 upon upon ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | can | we | | | | | with shepherd | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the shepherd | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | shepherd | a tooth | | shepherd's head | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 4 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | the thieves | | | all | | for shepherd | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **serve** | present · perfect | shepherd | us | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Attribute | | 7 | **do** | past | shepherd | head | | | then | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 8 | **earn** | to-infinitive | shepherd *not said here* | shepherd's livelihood | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent livelihood=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | shall | tomorrow | shepherd's last day | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **depend** | infinitive | | | | | | upon livelihood | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/5/) - ↑ back to [Old Sultan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/6/)