--- title: ‘Oh!’ said the man, ‘you need not fear the gallows; for I will only… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh!’ said the man, ‘you need not fear the gallows; for I will only teach you to steal what will be fair game: I meddle with nothing but what no one else can get or care anything about, and where no one can find you out.’ Who acts: you, I, one. 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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 (you, I, one), 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:pg2591:43:10 # text = ‘Oh!’ said the man, ‘you need not fear the gallows; for I will only teach you to steal what will be fair game: I meddle with nothing but what no one else can get or care anything about, and where no one can find you out.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 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 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 meddle meddle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 32 obl _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 else else ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 44 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 obj _ _ 45 about about ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 out out ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the man | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 2 | **not** **fear** | present | you | the gallows | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gallows=Stimulus | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **steal** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | future | | fair game | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **meddle** | present | I | | | | | with nothing | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | can | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 8 | **care** | infinitive | no one *not said here* | anything | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **find out** | can | no one | you | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/11/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)