You must do it by morning.‟
Appendix
TRANSITIVITY PROCESSES IN RUMPELSTILTSKIN Once upon a time there was a poor miller with a very beautiful Circ: time Existential Existent Circ: manner daughter.
She was not only beautiful but she was clever too.
Carrier Relational: Attribute Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive Attributive The miller was very proud of his daughter. He was Carrier Relational: Attribute Carrier Relational:
Attributive Attributive always boasting to people of her skill.
Attribute
„My daughter is very clever indeed,‟ he said one day Sayer Verbal
Carrier Relational: Attribute Attributive to the King of the land
. “Why, she can even spin gold out of straw!‟ Receiver Actor
Material Goal Of course, it was not true, but the miller often said things
Carrier Relational: Attribute Verbal
Sayer Attributive like this.
„Gold out of straw!‟ said the King. „Bring the girl before me.‟ Verbal Sayer Material Goal
For the King was rich and greedy and he wanted even Carrier Relational: Attribute Senser Mental:
Attributive Desiderative more wealth than he had already.
Phenomena Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive So the miller proudly took his daughter to the King‟s palace.
Actor Material Goal Circ: place And there the King led the girl to a room where there was
Actor Material Goal Circ: place Existential a great heap of straw and a spinning wheel.
Existent I order you to spin this straw into gold, said the King.
Actor Material Goal Sayer Verbal
You must do it by morning.‟
Actor Circ: time Material Goal
„But I cannot!‟ said the poor girl. I cannot spin straw into gold Verbal Sayer Actor Goal
Material It ‟s impossible!‟
Carrier Relational: Attribute Attributive
The king refused to listen. He ordered his guards to lock Senser Mental: Mental: Actor Material Goal
Desiderative Perceptive the door and they left the miller‟s daughter alone with the heap
Actor Actor Material Goal Circ: manner of straw.
The girl sat down in a corner and began to cry.
„Oh dear,‟ she Behaver Behavioral Circ: time Behavioral Sayer said Verbal
„What shall I do? I can‟t spin the straw Actor Material
Actor Material Goal into gold.
No one can spin straw into gold.
Actor Material Goal
Suddenly the door opened and there stood a funny little Goal Material Existential Existent man with crooked legs.
Circ: manner „Why are you crying?‟ he asked the miller‟s daughter.
Behaver Behavioral Sayer Verbal Receiver „What‟s the matter?‟ „Alas!‟ said the girl. „I must spin all this straw into gold
Verbal Sayer Actor Material Goal by morning
- – it ‟s quite impossible.
Carrier Relational: Attribute Circ: time
Attributive
I can do it for you „said the funny little man
Actor Material Goal Circ: manner Verbal Sayer
But what will you give me for a reward? ‟
Actor Material Goal The girl was overjoyed. I
‟ll give you my necklace, Carrier Relational: Attribute
Actor Material Goal Attributive
„she said. But please help me!‟ Material Goal
Sayer Verbal „Very well, „ said the stranger. And he sat down
Verbal Sayer Behaver Behavioral at the spinning wheel.
Goal
He began to spin, and before long the heap of dirty straw was Actor Material Carrier Relational:
Attributive pure, shining gold.
Attribute The girl clapped her hands joyfully.
„Here is Behaver Behavioral Goal Carrier Relational:
Attributive my necklace,
Attribute „she said. Thank you – thank you!‟
Sayer Verbal Just as suddenly, the little man disappeared. In the morning, the King
Carrier Relational: Circ: time Actor Attributive came to the room. How surprised and pleased he was to see
Senser Mental: Material Goal
Perceptive
the heap of gold! Phenomena But he was still greedy for more.
„If you can spin Carrier Relational: Attribute Actor Material
Attributive gold out of that straw, ‟ he said, „ you can do other things‟.
Goal Sayer Verbal Actor Material Goal Behavioral
So, that night, he shut the girl up again with another task Circ: time
Behaver Range Circ: manner to do before morning.
Circ: time Again the poor girl sat down and wept. But before long, the door
Behaver Behavioral Goal
opened and the funny little man appeared once more. What will
Material Carrier Relational: Attributive you give me to do your task? ‟he said
Sayer Verbal Actor
Material Goal „The ring on my finger, „said the miller‟s daughter. „Please
Sayer Verbal help me!
‟ Material Goal
„Agreed,‟ said the little man, and again he set to work Mental: Verbal Sayer Behaver Behavioral Cognitive at the spinning wheel. By morning there was another heap of glittering Circ: place Circ: time
Existential Existent gold. Again the King was astonished and pleased. But still Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive he wanted more. He led the miller‟s daughter
Senser Mental: Actor Material Goal
Desiderative into a still larger room.
Circ: place
You must spin all this into gold by morning.‟ he said
Actor Material Goal Sayer Verbal „And if you succeed, you shall be my Queen.‟
Carrier Relational: Attribute Attributive
The poor girl sat down in despair, „I cannot, „ she said
Behaver Behavioral Circ: manner
Sayer Verbal
„It is too big a task.‟ But for the third time, the little man Carrier Relational: Attribute Carrier
Attributive appeared. Relational: Attributive „What will you give me this third time?‟ he asked
Sayer Verbal Actor Material Goal Circ: time
I have nothing left to give you, „said the miller‟s daughter
Carrier Relational: Attribute Verbal Sayer Attributive I gave you the necklace, and I gave you the ring on
Actor Material Goal Actor Material Goal my finger.
Goal I have nothing left.‟
„There is one more gift you can give me, Existential Existent Actor Material Goal „said the little man. Verbal Sayer „Promise to give me your first child when you become the Queen.
Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive I am not yet Queen, „thought the miller‟s daughter
Phenomenon Mental: Cognitive Senser „Surely it is safe to make this promise.
Carrier Relational: Attribute Attributive He will forget about it. So she promised.
Senser Mental: Phenomenon Actor Material Cognition The little man sat down at the spinning wheel again and started to spin.
Behaver Behavioral Circ: place Material Soon there was a heap of gold, and then he disappeared, just as Existential Existent Carrier Relational: Attributive he did before.
Actor Material When the King came to the room, he was overjoyed
Actor Material Goal Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive to see so much gold. „You shall be my Queen, „he said to the miller‟s daughter
Relational: Attribute Carrier Sayer Verbal Receiver
Attributive So they were married with great ceremony and feasting
Carrier Relational: Attribute Circ: manner Attributive and the miller was even prouder of his daughter.
Carrier Relational: Attribute
In time a child was born to the Queen and Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive she was very happy.
Carrier Attribute Relational: Attributive She did not remember the little man and her promise. But one day
Senser Mental: Phenomenon
Circ: time Cognition the door of her room opened and there he stood.
Existent Existential Goal Material “Remember,‟ he said, „ you promised me your first child.
Mental: Sayer Verbal Actor Material Goal
Cognition Now I have come to claim the child.
Actor Material Goal
The Queen held the child in her arms and wept. She begged Actor Goal Behavioral Actor Material
Material the little man to let her keep the child, but he said, „You promised
Goal Sayer Verbal Actor Material You cannot break your promise. It was a bargain.
Actor Material Goal Carrier Relational: Attribute Attributive
Still the Queen wept and begged for mercy, and at last Behaver Behavioral Material Range he said, „Very well. I shall give you three days.
Actor Sayer Verbal Material Goal If, during that time, you can tell me my name, you may
Actor Material Goal Actor keep the child. And with that, he vanished.
Carrier Relational:
Material Goal
The queen called to her servants. I want Actor Material Goal Senser Mental:
Desiderative messengers to go into every corner of the Kingdom, ‟ she said
Phenomenon Circ: time Sayer Verbal
They must try to find all the strangest names. Tell them to hurry!‟
Actor Material Material Goal The Queen did not sleep that night. She lay, tossing Behavioral Circ: time Actor Material
Behaver and turning, and trying to think of all the names she knew.
Goal Senser
Mental: Cognition The next day the little man arrived at the palace. „Do you know
Circ: time Actor Material Circ: place Senser Mental:
Cognition my name yet? ‟ he asked.
Sayer Verbal Phenomenon
„Is it Timothy?‟ asked the Queen. “ Verbal Sayer
Relational: Carrier Attribute Attributive
No, „ said the little man, „it isn‟t Timothy.' Verbal Sayer Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive „Is it Benjamin?‟ she asked
Relational: Carrier Attribute Sayer Verbal
Attributive “No, „he replied. “ It ‟s not Benjamin.‟
Carrier Relational: Attribute Sayer Verbal
Attributive And he laughed to himself.
Behaver Behavioral Range „Is it perhaps….. Jeremiah?‟ asked the Queen.
Relational: Carrier Attribute Sayer Verbal Attributive
„No.‟ The queen tried all the names she could remember, but to each one
Actor Material Goal Senser
Mental: Cognition the little man replied, „ No, that isn‟t my name. Then
Sayer Verbal Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive he chuckled and said, „You will never guess
Behaver Behavioral Verbal Senser
Mental: Cognition my name. And he disappeared.
Phenomenon Carrier Relational: Attributive The next day he arrived at the palace again.
Circ: time Carrier Material Circ: place „Well your Majesty,‟ he said, do you know my name yet?‟
Sayer Verbal Senser Phenomenon
Mental: Cognition
The Queen decided to try all the nicknames she knew.
Senser Mental: Phenomenon Senser Mental: Desiderative
Cognition „Is it Bandy-legs?‟ she asked Relational: Carrier Attribute Sayer Verbal Attributive The little man laughed
„No, Bandy –legs isn‟t my name. Behaver Behavioral Token Relational: Value
Identifying „Can it be Hunch back?‟
Carrier Relational: Attribute Attributive
‟No,‟ he laughed, ‟ that ‟s not my name.‟ Behaver Behavioral Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive „Then, „ she said, „it must be Crookshanks.‟
Sayer Verbal Carrier Relational: Attribute
„No, you‟ re wrong, „said the little man.
Verbal Sayer Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive The Queen went on trying all sorts of names, but to each one the little man Actor Material Goal Sayer said Verbal „No, that ‟s not my name.‟ Then he laughed
Carrier Relational: Attribute Behaver Behavioral Attributive in an evil way.
Circ: manner
Tomorrow is the last day, „he said
Token Value Relational:
Sayer Verbal Identifying You must guess my name tomorrow or I shall take
Senser Mental: Goal Circ: time Actor Material
the child.
‟ Goal
That night the Queen did not sleep at all. Sadly Behavioral
Circ: time Behaver she looked at her child, lying asleep in the cradle.
Behaver Behavioral Range Behavioral Circ: place „Tomorrow I must guess the name of the little man
Circ: time Senser Mental: Cognitive Goal or
I lose my child for ever, “she said, and
Actor Material Goal Circ: manner Sayer Verbal she wept.
Behaver Behavioral In the morning, she rose, very pale, and weary.
„There is no hope now, „she said. But suddenly there was Existential Mental: Sayer Verbal Desiderative a clatter of hooves at the palace gate and a messenger arrived and
Existent Circ: time Actor Material demanded to speak to the Queen immediately.
Verbal Goal Circ: time What is it?
‟ said the Queen eagerly, as the messenger hot and dusty, Actor
Verbal Sayer came into her presence.
Material Goal “Tell me,” she asked, „have you found the name of
Material Goal Sayer Verbal Actor Material Goal
the little man?‟ „Your Majesty,‟ said the messenger, „a strange thing
Verbal Sayer Existent happened yesterday. I climbed a high hill and found Material
Existential Circ: time Actor Material Goal a thick forest. In the forest was a little hut and before the hut
Goal Circ: place Existent Circ: place Existential was a fire. I came near to the hut and there I
Actor Material Goal Existential Existent
Senser saw a funny little man.
Mental: Phenomena Perceptive He danced around the fire on one leg and as he danced
Behaver Behavioral Behaver Behavioral Goal
he sang this song: Behaver Behavioral Range
“Merrily the feast I ‟ll make, Circ: manner Goal Actor Material Today I
‟ll brew, tomorrow bake, Circ: time
Actor Material Circ: time Material Merrily I
‟ll dance and sing, Circ: manner Behaver Behavioral
For next day will a stranger bring; Circ: time Goal Material
Little does my lady dream Rumpelstiltskin is my name.
Token Relational: Value Identifying
„Hurrrah!” cried the Queen. „Rumpelstiltskin is his name! Verbal Sayer
Token Relational: Value Identifying And she clapped her hands for joy and hugged her child Behaver Behavioral Range
Mental Behavioral Emotive Not long after this, the little man arrived at the Palace.
Actor Material Circ: place „Well,‟ he said, „ do you know my name yet?‟
Sayer Verbal Senser Mental: Phenomenon
Cognition And he laughed in a wicked kind of way, for he
Senser Behaver Behavioral Circ: manner knew that the child was nearly his.
Mental: Carrier Relational: Attribute Cognition Attributive „Now, „said the Queen, „let me guess. Verbal Sayer Senser Mental Cognition
Is your name John? ‟
Relational: Carrier Attribute Attributive
No, „said the little man, still laughing to himself, Verbal Sayer Behavioral Range that ‟s not my name.‟
Carrier Attributive Attribute The queen paused. She pretended she was thinking
Behaver Behavioral Sayer Verbal Senser Mental:
Cognition hard. Is it… Tom?
Phenomenon Relational: Carrier Attribute Attributive
„No!‟ The little man shouted with delight. „That Carrier
Behaver Behavioral Circ: manner
isn‟t it! Attribute
Relational: Attributive „Let me think.‟ The Queen paused again.
Behaver Behavioral Mental: Cognition
Can it be … Rumpelstiltskin?‟
Carrier Relational: Attribute Attributive The little man flew into a rage. Some witch told
Senser Mental: Emotive Sayer Verbal you by name !‟ he screamed at the Queen.
Receiver Verbiage Sayer Verbal Phenomenon He stamped his foot angrily on the floor.
Actor Material Goal Circ: Manner Circ: place In fact, he stamped so hard that his foot went right Actor Material Circ: manner Goal Material through the wooden floor! All the ladies of the court laughed at him as Behavioral
Circ: manner Behaver He tried to pull his foot free.
Actor Goal Material He tugged and tugged with both hand until at last he
Actor Material Circ: manner Behaver managed to pull his foot out of the floor Behavioral Range .
Then he stamped angrily out of the palace, Actor Material Circ: manner Phenomenon muttering to himself, and disappeared.
As for the Queen, she lived happily Behaver Behavioral Circ: manner in her beautiful palace, and her child grew up to be strong and brave
Circ: place Carrier Relational: Attribute
Attributive And Rumplestiltskin? No one ever saw him again.
Senser Mental: Perceptive Phenomenon