--- title: Since you have behaved yourself as you ought," said the Dwarf, "and… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Since you have behaved yourself as you ought," said the Dwarf, "and not haughtily like your false Brothers, I will give you information and show you where you may obtain the water of life. Who acts: you, Dwarf, I. 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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 (you, Dwarf, I), 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:pg11027:17:19 # text = Since you have behaved yourself as you ought," said the Dwarf, "and not haughtily like your false Brothers, I will give you information and show you where you may obtain the water of life. 1 Since since SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 haughtily haughtily ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behave** | present · perfect | you | yourself | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Dwarf | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **like** | infinitive | the Dwarf *not said here* | your false Brothers | | | | haughtily *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot brother=Theme | | 4 | **give** | future | I | information | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient information=Theme | | 5 | **show** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **obtain** | may | you | the water of life | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/20/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)