--- title: Beware, however, that you betray us not; the King will not believe y… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Beware, however, that you betray us not; the King will not believe you, and if you say a single word your life will be lost; but if you remain silent you are safe." Who acts: you, King. 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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, King), 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:pg11027:17:49 # text = Beware, however, that you betray us not; the King will not believe you, and if you say a single word your life will be lost; but if you remain silent you are safe." 1 Beware beware VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 betray betray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 35 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beware** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | however *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **betray** | present | you | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **believe** | future | the King | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a single word | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** | future · passive | | your life | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **remain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | you | | | | | safe *property* | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/50/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)