--- title: Seven have I slain with one blow, two Giants have I killed, a unicor… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Seven have I slain with one blow, two Giants have I killed, a unicorn have I led captive, and a wild boar have I caught, and shall I be afraid of those who stand outside my room?" Who acts: Seven, I. 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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 (Seven, I), 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:pg11027:13:125 # text = Seven have I slain with one blow, two Giants have I killed, a unicorn have I led captive, and a wild boar have I caught, and shall I be afraid of those who stand outside my room?" 1 Seven seven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 Giants Giant PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 unicorn unicorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 20 captive captive NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 obl _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 outside outside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | present · perfect | Seven | | | | | with one blow | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with blow=Instrument | | 2 | **kill** | present · perfect · passive | | two Giants | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **lead** | present · perfect · passive | | a unicorn | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **catch** | present · perfect · passive | | a wild boar | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | I | | | | | of those; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | present | | | | my room | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent outside room=Location | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/126/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)