--- title: ‘Well,’ said the old dame, ‘that is no very hard task: only take car… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well,’ said the old dame, ‘that is no very hard task: only take care not to drink any of the wine which one of the princesses will bring to you in the evening; and as soon as she leaves you pretend to be fast asleep.’ Who acts: old dame, any, woman, 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 (old dame, any, woman, 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:pg2591:10:12 # text = ‘Well,’ said the old dame, ‘that is no very hard task: only take care not to drink any of the wine which one of the princesses will bring to you in the evening; and as soon as she leaves you pretend to be fast asleep.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 20 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 34 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 29 det _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 pretend pretend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the old dame and ‘ | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the old dame and ‘ | no hard task | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 4 | **not** **drink** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | future | any | | you | | evening | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to you=Destination | | 6 | **leave** | present | woman | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **pretend** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | asleep, fast *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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/13/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/)