--- title: So he hired some villains to murder him; and having shown them where… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he hired some villains to murder him; and having shown them where to lie in ambush, he went to his brother, and said, ‘Dear brother, I have found a hidden treasure; let us go and dig it up, and share it between us.’ Who acts: king, Dear brother, I, us. 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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 (king, Dear brother, I, us), 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:pg2591:39:19 # text = So he hired some villains to murder him; and having shown them where to lie in ambush, he went to his brother, and said, ‘Dear brother, I have found a hidden treasure; let us go and dig it up, and share it between us.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 villains villain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 murder murder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 12 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 ambush ambush NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 between between ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hire** | past | king | some villains | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent villain=Theme | | 2 | **murder** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **show** | gerund · perfect | king *not said here* | villains *= villain* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **lie** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | ambush | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ambush=Location | | 5 | **go** | past | king | | | | | to king's brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brother=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dear brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **find** | present · perfect | I | a hidden treasure | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **dig up** | infinitive | | treasure | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 11 | **share** | present | king *not said here* | treasure | | | | between us | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/20/) - ↑ back to [The Turnip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/)