--- title: I asked her if my betrothed lived here, and she answered, “Ah, you p… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I asked her if my betrothed lived here, and she answered, “Ah, you poor child, you are come to a murderers’ den; your betrothed does indeed live here, but he will kill you without mercy and afterwards cook and eat you.”’ Who acts: I, woman, child. 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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 (I, woman, child), 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:pg2591:24:63 # text = I asked her if my betrothed lived here, and she answered, “Ah, you poor child, you are come to a murderers’ den; your betrothed does indeed live here, but he will kill you without mercy and afterwards cook and eat you.”’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 murderers murderer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 31 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 nsubj _ _ 32 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 without without ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 cook cook VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | I | | woman | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **betroth** | participle | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **child** *in a quote* | | woman | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present · passive | | woman | | | | to a murderers's den | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **betroth** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **live** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | | | here | | indeed *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | child | woman | | | | without mercy | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 10 | **cook** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | afterwards *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | | woman | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/64/) - ↑ back to [The Robber Bridegroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/24/)