--- title: "No," they replied; "for we can only lay aside our swan's feathers f… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "No," they replied; "for we can only lay aside our swan's feathers for a quarter of an hour each evening, and for that time we regain our human form, but afterwards we resume our changed appearance." Who acts: Swans, we, our. 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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 (Swans, we, our), 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:pg11027:19:35 # text = "No," they replied; "for we can only lay aside our swan's feathers for a quarter of an hour each evening, and for that time we regain our human form, but afterwards we resume our changed appearance." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 aside aside ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 regain regain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 resume resume VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Swans *= swan* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lay** *in a quote* | can | we | our swan's feathers | | | evening | for a quarter of a hour; aside *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feather=Result for quarter=Beneficiary | | 3 | **regain** *in a quote* | present | we | our human form | | | time | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 4 | **resume** *in a quote* | present | we | our changed appearance | | | | afterwards *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Eventuality | | 5 | **change** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **form** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/36/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)