--- title: "It is impossible for us to agree to Dummling becoming ruler of the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "It is impossible for us to agree to Dummling becoming ruler of the kingdom," and they insisted that the women should be required to spring through a hoop which was suspended from the ceiling in the centre of the hall, thinking to themselves "Now, certainly our peasants will get the best of it, they --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/47/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Dummling and the Three Feathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/) / 47 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Dummling and the Three Feathers, sentence 47 "It is impossible for us to agree to Dummling becoming ruler of the kingdom," and they insisted that the women should be required to spring through a hoop which was suspended from the ceiling in the centre of the hall, thinking to themselves "Now, certainly our peasants will get the best of it, they are active and sturdy, but that fragile lady will kill herself if she jumps." **Who acts:** us, brothers, peasants, fragile lady, peasant · **What happens:** be, agree, become, insist, require, suspend · **To what, where:** Dummling, ruler, women, hoop, ceiling, brothers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Dummling and the Three Feathers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (us, brothers, peasants, fragile lady), 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:pg11027:10:47 # text = "It is impossible for us to agree to Dummling becoming ruler of the kingdom," and they insisted that the women should be required to spring through a hoop which was suspended from the ceiling in the centre of the hall, thinking to themselves "Now, certainly our peasants will get the best of it, they are active and sturdy, but that fragile lady will kill herself if she jumps." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Dummling Dummling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hoop hoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 suspended suspend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obl _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 52 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 63 active active ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 parataxis _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 sturdy sturdy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 67 but but CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 68 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 70 det _ _ 69 fragile fragile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 73 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 72 obj _ _ 74 if if SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 75 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 76 jumps jump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | us | | Dummling | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **become** *in a quote* | gerund | us *not said here* | ruler of the kingdom | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **require** | should · passive | | the women | | a hoop | spring | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | | 6 | **suspend** | past · passive | | a hoop | | the ceiling | | in the centre of the hall | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from ceiling=Source | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | brothers *= brother* | | now | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | future | our peasants | the best | | | | certainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | brothers *= brother* | | | | | active *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** *in a quote* | | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | that fragile lady | lady | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 12 | **jump** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | peasant | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/48/) - ↑ back to [Dummling and the Three Feathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/)