--- title: Then the enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him: ‘If the case be as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring into the world; it shall be well treated, and I wil --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/) / 45 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, 3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief, sentence 45 Then the enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him: ‘If the case be as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring into the world; it shall be well treated, and I will care for it like a mother.’ **Who acts:** enchantress, you, I, wife · **What happens:** allow, soften, say, be, take away, make · **To what, where:** anger, husband, you, much rampion, one condition, child · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, 3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (enchantress, you, I, wife), 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:pg2591:18:45 # text = Then the enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him: ‘If the case be as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring into the world; it shall be well treated, and I will care for it like a mother.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 enchantress enchantress NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 softened soften VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 If if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 advcl _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 rampion rampion NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 obj _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl:relcl _ _ 58 into into ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 aux:pass _ _ 65 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 66 advmod _ _ 66 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 70 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ _ 74 like like ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | past | the enchantress | enchantress's anger | | | then | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Beneficiary | | 2 | **soften** | to-infinitive · passive | the enchantress *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the enchantress *not said here* | | husband | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | future · infinitive | I | | you | | | allow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | much rampion | | | | with you; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rampion=Theme | | 7 | **make** | present | I | one condition | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Product | | 8 | **give** | must | you | the child | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient child=Theme | | 9 | **bring** | future | your wife | the child | | the world | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme into world=Destination | | 10 | **treat** | shall · passive | | rampion | | | | well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 11 | **care** | future | I | | | | | for rampion; like a mother | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | | 12 | **anger** | | enchantress | | | | | | nom anger «feeling 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/18/46/) - ↑ back to [3. 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