--- title: Then the second spoke again, "I know still more: if the horse should… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the second spoke again, "I know still more: if the horse should be killed, the young King will not then retain his bride; for when they come into the castle a beautiful bridal shirt will lie there upon a dish, and seem to be woven of gold and silver, but it is nothing but sulphur and pitch, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/65/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/) / 65 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 65 Then the second spoke again, "I know still more: if the horse should be killed, the young King will not then retain his bride; for when they come into the castle a beautiful bridal shirt will lie there upon a dish, and seem to be woven of gold and silver, but it is nothing but sulphur and pitch, and if he puts it on it will burn him to his marrow and bones." **Who acts:** second, young King, stones, beautiful bridal shirt, shirt, horse · **What happens:** speak, know, kill, not retain, come, lie · **To what, where:** horse, bride, castle, nothing, shirt · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Faithful John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (second, young King, stones, beautiful bridal shirt), 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:pg11027:16:65 # text = Then the second spoke again, "I know still more: if the horse should be killed, the young King will not then retain his bride; for when they come into the castle a beautiful bridal shirt will lie there upon a dish, and seem to be woven of gold and silver, but it is nothing but sulphur and pitch, and if he puts it on it will burn him to his marrow and bones." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 44 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 xcomp _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 parataxis _ _ 62 but but CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 sulphur sulphur NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 68 if if SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 69 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 advcl _ _ 71 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 on on ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obl _ _ 74 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 76 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ _ 77 to to ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 marrow marrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the second | | | | then; again | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the second *= second* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should · passive | | the horse | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **retain** *in a quote* | future | the young King | horse's bride | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | stones *= stone* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **lie** *in a quote* | future | a beautiful bridal shirt | | | the castle; there | | upon a dish | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon dish=Location | | 7 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | a beautiful bridal shirt *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 8 | **weave** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | a beautiful bridal shirt *not said here* | | | | | of gold and silver | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: of gold=Trajectory | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | shirt | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | horse | shirt | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 11 | **burn** *in a quote* | future | the second *not said here* | horse | | shirt | | to horse's marrow and bones | tree rules | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/66/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)