--- title: ‘Yes,’ said the lord of the castle, ‘if you will pass the night down… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes,’ said the lord of the castle, ‘if you will pass the night down there in the old tower, go thither; but I warn you, it is at the peril of your life, for it is full of wild dogs, which bark and howl without stopping, and at certain hours a man has to be given to them, whom they at once devour.’ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/18/) [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/) / [The Three Languages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/) / 18 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Three Languages, sentence 18 ‘Yes,’ said the lord of the castle, ‘if you will pass the night down there in the old tower, go thither; but I warn you, it is at the peril of your life, for it is full of wild dogs, which bark and howl without stopping, and at certain hours a man has to be given to them, whom they at once devour.’ **Who acts:** you, I, tower, wild dogs, man, dogs · **What happens:** say, pass, go, warn, be, bark · **To what, where:** lord, old tower, you, peril, dogs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Three Languages. 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, tower, wild dogs), 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:pg2591:41:18 # text = ‘Yes,’ said the lord of the castle, ‘if you will pass the night down there in the old tower, go thither; but I warn you, it is at the peril of your life, for it is full of wild dogs, which bark and howl without stopping, and at certain hours a man has to be given to them, whom they at once devour.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 thither thither ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 warn warn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 peril peril NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 bark bark VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 howl howl VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 55 without without SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 56 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 xcomp _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 75 obj _ _ 72 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 73 at at ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 75 obl _ _ 75 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the lord of the castle | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic | | 2 | **pass** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | the old tower; there | night | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in tower=Location | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | thither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | present | tower | | | the peril | | of your life | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | tower | | | | | of wild dogs; full *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bark** | present | wild dogs | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **howl** | present | wild dogs *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stop** | gerund | wild dogs *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 10 | **have** | present | a man | | | | hour | | tree rules | | 11 | **give** | to-infinitive · passive | a man *not said here* | | dogs *= dog* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to they=Recipient | | 12 | **devour** | infinitive | dogs *= dog* | | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/19/) - ↑ back to [The Three Languages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/)