--- title: The frog said, ‘I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The frog said, ‘I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep upon your bed, I will bring you your ball again.’ Who acts: frog, I, you, me. 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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 (frog, I, you, me), 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:pg2591:13:9 # text = The frog said, ‘I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep upon your bed, I will bring you your ball again.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the frog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **want** | present | I | your pearls and jewels | | | | fine clothes *obl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pearl=Theme | | 3 | **love** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location | | 6 | **eat off** | present | me *not said here* | your golden plate | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient | | 7 | **sleep** | infinitive | the frog *not said here* | | | | | upon your bed | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bring** | future | I | your ball | you | | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination ball=Theme | | 9 | **pearl** | | your | | | | | | nom pearl «possession 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:** «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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/10/) - ↑ back to [The Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/)