--- title: "Then," said the King, "my love for her is so great that if all the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "Then," said the King, "my love for her is so great that if all the leaves on the trees had tongues, they should not gainsay it; my life is set upon the search for her. Who acts: King, leaves, my. 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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 (King, leaves, my), 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:pg11027:16:23 # text = "Then," said the King, "my love for her is so great that if all the leaves on the trees had tongues, they should not gainsay it; my life is set upon the search for her. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 26 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 gainsay gainsay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 csubj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the King | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | all leaves on the trees | tongues | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient | | 4 | **not** **gainsay** *in a quote* | should | leaves *= leaf* | love | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **set** *in a quote* | present · passive | | my life | | the search | | for daughter | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon search=Destination | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | for daughter | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/24/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)