--- title: When the carter saw this, he drew out his hatchet and aimed a blow a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the carter saw this, he drew out his hatchet and aimed a blow at the sparrow, meaning to kill her; but she flew away, and the blow fell upon the poor horse’s head with such force, that he fell down dead. Who acts: carter, harm, sparrow, blow. 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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 (carter, harm, sparrow, blow), 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:pg2591:9:31 # text = When the carter saw this, he drew out his hatchet and aimed a blow at the sparrow, meaning to kill her; but she flew away, and the blow fell upon the poor horse’s head with such force, that he fell down dead. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 carter carter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 aimed aim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the carter | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **draw out** | past | harm | harm's hatchet | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme | | 3 | **aim** | past | harm *not said here* | a blow | | the sparrow | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot blow=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | gerund | harm *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | harm *not said here* | sparrow | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **fly away** | past | sparrow | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fall** | past | the blow | | | the poor horse's head with such force | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon head=Location | | 8 | **fall down** | past | harm | | | | | dead, down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/32/) - ↑ back to [The Dog and the Sparrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/9/)