--- title: The youth, however, was without fear, and said: ‘Just let me go down… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The youth, however, was without fear, and said: ‘Just let me go down to the barking dogs, and give me something that I can throw to them; they will do nothing to harm me.’ Who acts: youth, me, dogs. 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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 (youth, me, 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:pg2591:41:20 # text = The youth, however, was without fear, and said: ‘Just let me go down to the barking dogs, and give me something that I can throw to them; they will do nothing to harm me.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 without without ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 barking barking NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 25 obj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | without fear; however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go down** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | to the barking dogs; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | | something | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient something=Theme | | 6 | **throw** | can | | | dogs *= dog* | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent to they=Destination | | 7 | **do** | future | dogs *= dog* | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 8 | **harm** | to-infinitive | dogs *= dog* *not said here* | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/21/) - ↑ back to [The Three Languages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/)