--- title: Then the Brother did not drink, saying, "I will wait until we come t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Brother did not drink, saying, "I will wait until we come to the next spring, but then I must drink, you may say what you will; my thirst is much too great." Who acts: Brother, we, you, thirst. 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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 (Brother, we, you, thirst), 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:pg11027:7:14 # text = Then the Brother did not drink, saying, "I will wait until we come to the next spring, but then I must drink, you may say what you will; my thirst is much too great." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 14 until until SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **drink** | past · do-support | the Brother | | | | then | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | future | the Brother *= brother* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | spring | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **drink** *in a quote* | must | the Brother *= brother* | | | | then | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | may | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my thirst | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **thirst** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom thirst «state intransitive»: 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/15/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)