--- title: Then she grieved sorely at her misfortune, and said she would give h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she grieved sorely at her misfortune, and said she would give him all the wealth of the kingdom if he would let her off, but in vain; till at last her tears softened him, and he said, ‘I will give you three days’ grace, and if during that time you tell me my name, you shall keep your child.’ Wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/137/) [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/) / [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/) / 137 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, sentence 137 Then she grieved sorely at her misfortune, and said she would give him all the wealth of the kingdom if he would let her off, but in vain; till at last her tears softened him, and he said, ‘I will give you three days’ grace, and if during that time you tell me my name, you shall keep your child.’ **Who acts:** daughter, manikin, tears, I, you, my · **What happens:** grieve, say, give, let off, soften, tell · **To what, where:** misfortune, wealth, manikin, daughter, grace, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Tom Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, manikin, tears, 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:pg2591:25:137 # text = Then she grieved sorely at her misfortune, and said she would give him all the wealth of the kingdom if he would let her off, but in vain; till at last her tears softened him, and he said, ‘I will give you three days’ grace, and if during that time you tell me my name, you shall keep your child.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grieved grieve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sorely sorely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 till till ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 softened soften VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 55 if if SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 56 during during ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 iobj _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 68 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past | daughter | | | daughter's misfortune | then | sorely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | would | daughter | all wealth of the kingdom | manikin | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wealth=Theme | | 4 | **let off** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | manikin | daughter | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **soften** | past | daughter's tears | manikin | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | manikin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** | future | I | three days's grace | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient grace=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | my name | me | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic | | 9 | **keep** | shall | you | your child | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 10 | **name** | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/138/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)