--- title: Oh, yes, my lord King," she replied; "I can do that very well, but u… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Oh, yes, my lord King," she replied; "I can do that very well, but upon one condition, which if you do not fulfil, you will never again get out of the wood, but will die of hunger." Who acts: woman, I, you. 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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 (woman, I, you), 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:pg11027:19:5 # text = Oh, yes, my lord King," she replied; "I can do that very well, but upon one condition, which if you do not fulfil, you will never again get out of the wood, but will die of hunger." 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obj _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 die die VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | woman | King my lord | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | can | I | that | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **fulfil** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | one condition | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **get out** | future | you | the wood | | | again | upon one condition | tree rules | | 5 | **die** | future | | | | | | of hunger | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of hunger=Causer | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/6/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)