--- title: They are bewitched, and are obliged to watch over a great treasure w… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They are bewitched, and are obliged to watch over a great treasure which is below in the tower, and they can have no rest until it is taken away, and I have likewise learnt, from their discourse, how that is to be done.’ Who acts: great treasure, dogs, I. 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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 (great treasure, dogs, 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:pg2591:41:24 # text = They are bewitched, and are obliged to watch over a great treasure which is below in the tower, and they can have no rest until it is taken away, and I have likewise learnt, from their discourse, how that is to be done.’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bewitched bewitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 below below ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 until until SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 discourse discourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bewitch** | present · passive | | dogs *= dog* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **oblige** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 3 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | | | a great treasure | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over treasure=Location | | 4 | **is** | present | a great treasure | | | the tower | | below *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | can | dogs *= dog* | no rest | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | | 6 | **take away** | present · passive | | it | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **learn** | present · perfect | I | | | dogs's discourse | | likewise *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from discourse=Source | | 8 | **do** | present · passive | I *not said here* | dogs's discourse | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 9 | **discourse** | | dogs *= dog* | | | | | | nom discourse «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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/25/) - ↑ back to [The Three Languages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/41/)