--- title: But," she told him, "return again in the evening, for I shall shut m… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But," she told him, "return again in the evening, for I shall shut my door against the wild huntsmen, and, that I may know you, do you knock, and say, 'Sister, dear, let me in,' and if you do not speak I shall not open the door." Who acts: Sister, 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 (Sister, 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:pg11027:7:26 # text = But," she told him, "return again in the evening, for I shall shut my door against the wild huntsmen, and, that I may know you, do you knock, and say, 'Sister, dear, let me in,' and if you do not speak I shall not open the door." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 against against ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Sister | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **return** | infinitive | | | | | again; evening | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **shut** | shall | I | my door | | | | against the wild huntsmen | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 4 | **know** | may | I | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 5 | **knock** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **let in** | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **open** | shall | I | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/27/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)