--- title: ‘Oh, yes,’ he replied, ‘I will soon subdue the giants, and do not re… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, yes,’ he replied, ‘I will soon subdue the giants, and do not require the help of the hundred horsemen to do it; he who can hit seven with one blow has no need to be afraid of two.’ Who acts: One, I, one blow. 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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 (One, I, one blow), 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:pg2591:19:89 # text = ‘Oh, yes,’ he replied, ‘I will soon subdue the giants, and do not require the help of the hundred horsemen to do it; he who can hit seven with one blow has no need to be afraid of two.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 subdue subdue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 require require VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 horsemen horseman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 36 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 obj _ _ 37 with with SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | One | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **subdue** | future | I | the giants | | | | soon *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient | | 3 | **not** **require** | infinitive · do-support | | the help of the hundred horsemen | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme help=Precondition | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | | help | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **hit** | can | One | seven | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme seven=Co-Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | one blow | no need | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | one blow *not said here* | no need *not said here* | | | | of two; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **help** | | | the hundred horsemen | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/90/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)