--- title: The frightened Queen offered him all the riches of the kingdom if he… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The frightened Queen offered him all the riches of the kingdom if he would leave her her child; but the Dwarf answered, "No; something human is dearer to me than all the wealth of the world." Who acts: frightened Queen, child, Dwarf, something human. 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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 (frightened Queen, child, Dwarf, something human), 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:pg11027:24:113 # text = The frightened Queen offered him all the riches of the kingdom if he would leave her her child; but the Dwarf answered, "No; something human is dearer to me than all the wealth of the world." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 31 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 compound _ _ 29 human human NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 dearer dear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | the frightened Queen | all riches of the kingdom | child | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal rich=Theme | | 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | child | Queen | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme child=Attribute | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Dwarf | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | something human | | the Dwarf *= dwarf* | | | than all wealth of the world; dear *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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/114/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)