--- title: Her betrothed only replied, ‘You must come and see me next Sunday; I… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Her betrothed only replied, ‘You must come and see me next Sunday; I have already invited guests for that day, and that you may not mistake the way, I will strew ashes along the path.’ Who acts: You, I. 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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 (You, I), 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:pg2591:24:10 # text = Her betrothed only replied, ‘You must come and see me next Sunday; I have already invited guests for that day, and that you may not mistake the way, I will strew ashes along the path.’ 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 betrothed betroth VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 already already ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 20 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 mistake mistake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 strew strew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 37 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 along along ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **betroth** | past | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | must | You | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | You *not said here* | me | | | sunday | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **invite** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **mistake** | may | you | the way | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **strew** | future | I | ashes | | the path | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme along path=Destination | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/11/) - ↑ back to [The Robber Bridegroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/)