--- title: If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I will for once try my fo… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I will for once try my fortune," said he, and the next day, when it began to grow dark, he went to the tower and cried. Who acts: that, one, I, son. 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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 (that, one, I, son), 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:pg11027:19:104 # text = If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I will for once try my fortune," said he, and the next day, when it began to grow dark, he went to the tower and cried. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 advcl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 mounts mount VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 15 obl _ _ 15 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | that | the ladder | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mount** | present | one | | | | | by the ladder | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by which=Destination | | 3 | **try** | future | I | my fortune | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | fortune | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **grow** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | fortune *not said here* | | | | | dark *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | past | son | | | the tower | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tower=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/105/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)