--- title: I know quite well what you need," said this being; "gold and other p… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: I know quite well what you need," said this being; "gold and other possessions you shall have, as much as you can spend; but first I must know whether you are a coward or not, that I may not spend my money foolishly." Who acts: I, you, brothers, gold. 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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 (I, you, brothers, gold), 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:pg11027:15:57 # text = I know quite well what you need," said this being; "gold and other possessions you shall have, as much as you can spend; but first I must know whether you are a coward or not, that I may not spend my money foolishly." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ _ 12 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 35 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 foolishly foolishly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **need** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Dummerly's brothers *= brother* *not said here* | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 4 | **have** | shall | gold and other possessions | much | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 5 | **spend** | can | you | | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | must | I | | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | present | you | a coward | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **spend** | may | I | my money | | | | foolishly *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/58/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)