--- title: When he reached the forest he met a little old grey man who wished h… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he reached the forest he met a little old grey man who wished him ‘Good-morning,’ and said: ‘Do give me a piece of that cake you have got in your pocket, and let me have a draught of your wine—I am so hungry and thirsty.’ Who acts: youngest, little old grey man, you, me. 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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 (youngest, little old grey man, you, me), 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:pg540:48:4 # text = When he reached the forest he met a little old grey man who wished him ‘Good-morning,’ and said: ‘Do give me a piece of that cake you have got in your pocket, and let me have a draught of your wine—I am so hungry and thirsty.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 — - PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | youngest *= young* | the forest | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent forest=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past | youngest *= young* | a little old grey man | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 3 | **wish** | past | a little old grey man | youngest *= young* | | | morning | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a little old grey man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | infinitive · do-support | | a piece of that cake | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient piece=Theme | | 6 | **get** | present · perfect | you | that cake *not said here* | | your pocket | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | infinitive | me *not said here* | a draught of your wine | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient | | 9 | **is** | present | I | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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/pg540/48/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/5/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/)