--- title: Thereupon he took leave, saying, "For three years longer I must wand… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Thereupon he took leave, saying, "For three years longer I must wander about; if I come back again, then we will celebrate our wedding; but if I do not, you are free, for I shall be dead. Who acts: BEARSKIN, we, you, our. 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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 (BEARSKIN, we, you, our), 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:pg11027:15:95 # text = Thereupon he took leave, saying, "For three years longer I must wander about; if I come back again, then we will celebrate our wedding; but if I do not, you are free, for I shall be dead. 1 Thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 For for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 12 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 16 about about ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 celebrate celebrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | BEARSKIN | | | | | thereupon *property* | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | BEARSKIN *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | BEARSKIN *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **wander** *in a quote* | must | BEARSKIN | | | | | about, long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come back** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | BEARSKIN | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **celebrate** *in a quote* | future | we | our wedding | | | then | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | | 7 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | BEARSKIN | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | BEARSKIN | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **wed** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom wedding «event 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/96/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)