--- title: But the youth said, "If it were ever so difficult I would at once le… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But the youth said, "If it were ever so difficult I would at once learn it; for that reason I left home"; and he never let the host have any peace till he told him that not far off stood an enchanted castle, where any one might soon learn to shiver if he would watch there three nights. 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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 (youth, host, one), 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:pg11027:9:81 # text = But the youth said, "If it were ever so difficult I would at once learn it; for that reason I left home"; and he never let the host have any peace till he told him that not far off stood an enchanted castle, where any one might soon learn to shiver if he would watch there three nights. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 If if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 expl _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 12 advmod _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 17 advmod _ _ 17 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 home home ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 till till SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 44 off off ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 51 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 52 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 53 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 55 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 shiver shiver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 if if SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 62 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ _ 63 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 64 nummod _ _ 64 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | would · past | | | | | ever | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive | | sin | | | | once *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | the youth *= youth* | that reason *not said here* | | | | home *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 5 | **not** **let** | past | youth | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | present | the host | any peace | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | host | | youth | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 8 | **stand** | past | host *not said here* | a enchanted castle | | | | off *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus | | 9 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **learn** | might | any one | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **shiver** | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **watch** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | host | | | there | night | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/82/) - ↑ back to [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/)