--- title: The faithful John pulled him back, and said, "I promised your father… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The faithful John pulled him back, and said, "I promised your father before he died that you should not see the contents of that room; it would bring great misfortunes both upon you and me." Who acts: faithful John, I, King, 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 (faithful John, I, King, 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:pg11027:16:15 # text = The faithful John pulled him back, and said, "I promised your father before he died that you should not see the contents of that room; it would bring great misfortunes both upon you and me." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 both both ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull back** | past | the faithful John | King | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | I | | your father | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | past | King | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | should | you | the contents of that room | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer contents=Stimulus | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | would | room | great misfortunes | | | | upon you; both *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent misfortune=Theme | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/16/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)