--- title: She held them together, and they joined each other exactly, and the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: She held them together, and they joined each other exactly, and the stranger said, "I am your bridegroom, whom you first saw as Bearskin; but through God's mercy I have regained my human form, and am myself once more." Who acts: bride, words, stranger, you. 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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 (bride, words, stranger, you), 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:pg11027:15:117 # text = She held them together, and they joined each other exactly, and the stranger said, "I am your bridegroom, whom you first saw as Bearskin; but through God's mercy I have regained my human form, and am myself once more." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 8 obj _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 fixed _ _ 11 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 advmod _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Bearskin Bearskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 regained regain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 45 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 47 advmod _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | bride | words *= word* | | | | together *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **join** | past | words *= word* | each | | | | exactly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the stranger | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the stranger *= stranger* | your bridegroom | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | as Bearskin; first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as bearskin=Attribute | | 6 | **regain** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the stranger *= stranger* | my human form | | God's mercy | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 7 | **form** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/118/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)