--- title: ‘I think,’ answered the bean, ‘that as we have so fortunately escape… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I think,’ answered the bean, ‘that as we have so fortunately escaped death, we should keep together like good companions, and lest a new mischance should overtake us here, we should go away together, and repair to a foreign country.’ Who acts: I, we, new mischance. 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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 (I, we, new mischance), 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:pg2591:7:11 # text = ‘I think,’ answered the bean, ‘that as we have so fortunately escaped death, we should keep together like good companions, and lest a new mischance should overtake us here, we should go away together, and repair to a foreign country.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bean bean NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 conj _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 fortunately fortunately ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 23 together together ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 mischance mischance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 together together ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 repair repair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | repair to a foreign country | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | the bean | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent bean=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** | present | we | escaped death | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient | | 4 | **escape** | participle | | | | | | fortunately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **keep together** | should | we | | | | | like good companions; together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **overtake** | should | a new mischance | us | | here | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go away** | should | we | | | | | away, together *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/7/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/7/12/) - ↑ back to [The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/7/)