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title: Then the other answered, as if very unwillingly, ‘A little space I m… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the other answered, as if very unwillingly, ‘A little space I may allow thee to sit here, if thou wilt reward me well and entreat me kindly; but thou must tarry yet an hour below, till I have learnt some little matters that are yet unknown to me.’ Who acts: other, little space, thou, I. A sente
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Turnip, sentence 32

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Then the other answered, as if very unwillingly, ‘A little space I may allow thee to sit here, if thou wilt reward me well and entreat me kindly; but thou must tarry yet an hour below, till I have learnt some little matters that are yet unknown to me.’

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**Who acts:** other, little space, thou, I, little matters · **What happens:** answer, allow, sit, reward, entreat, tarry · **To what, where:** thee, me, little matters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Turnip. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other, little space, thou, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:39:32
# text = Then the other answered, as if very unwillingly, ‘A little space I may allow thee to sit here, if thou wilt reward me well and entreat me kindly; but thou must tarry yet an hour below, till I have learnt some little matters that are yet unknown to me.’
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	unwillingly	unwillingly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	allow	allow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
18	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	iobj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
21	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	nsubj	_	_
25	wilt	will	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	reward	reward	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
27	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	26	advmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	entreat	entreat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	_	_
31	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	37	nsubj	_	_
36	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	tarry	tarry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
38	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
39	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	below	below	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
44	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	learnt	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	37	parataxis	_	_
47	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	49	det	_	_
48	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	_
50	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
51	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
52	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	acl:relcl	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the other |  |  |  | then | unwillingly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **allow** | may | a little space |  | thee |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer thou=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a little space *not said here* |  |  | here |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **reward** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou |  | me |  |  | well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 5 | **entreat** | infinitive | thou *not said here* |  | me |  |  | kindly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 6 | **tarry** | must | thou |  |  |  | hour |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **learn** | present · perfect | I | some little matters |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic |
| 8 | **is** | present | some little matters |  | me |  | yet | unknown *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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