--- title: If it does not interfere with my future happiness," said the Soldier… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: If it does not interfere with my future happiness," said the Soldier, who had remarked who it was that addressed him; "if it does not interfere with that, I shall not hesitate." Who acts: condition, Soldier, 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 (condition, Soldier, 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:pg11027:15:64 # text = If it does not interfere with my future happiness," said the Soldier, who had remarked who it was that addressed him; "if it does not interfere with that, I shall not hesitate." 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 interfere interfere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Soldier Soldier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 interfere interfere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 hesitate hesitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **interfere** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | condition | | | | | with my future happiness | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Soldier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **remark** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · perfect | the Soldier | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | condition | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **address** *in a quote* | past | | | soldier | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 6 | **not** **interfere** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | condition | | | | | with that | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **hesitate** | shall | I | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/65/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)