--- title: But the youngest daughter said, "Dear father, this must be a good ma… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But the youngest daughter said, "Dear father, this must be a good man who has assisted you out of your troubles; if you have promised him a bride for the service your word must be kept" Who acts: youngest daughter, this, good man, 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 (youngest daughter, this, good man, 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:pg11027:15:91 # text = But the youngest daughter said, "Dear father, this must be a good man who has assisted you out of your troubles; if you have promised him a bride for the service your word must be kept" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 assisted assist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the youngest daughter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | this | a good man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **assist** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a good man | | you | your troubles | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | man | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **keep** *in a quote* | must · passive | | a bride for the service | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **trouble** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **word** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom word «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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/92/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)