--- title: ‘No!’ said the lion, ‘nothing, unless you undertake to give me whate… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘No!’ said the lion, ‘nothing, unless you undertake to give me whatever meets you on your return home; if you agree to this, I will give you your life, and the rose too for your daughter.’ Who acts: you, whatever, I, your. 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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, whatever, I, your), 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:pg2591:44:11 # text = ‘No!’ said the lion, ‘nothing, unless you undertake to give me whatever meets you on your return home; if you agree to this, I will give you your life, and the rose too for your daughter.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 undertake undertake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 19 meets meet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 home home ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 42 too too ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the lion | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **undertake** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **meet** | present | whatever | you | | your return | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | to this | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | future | I | your life | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient life=Theme | | 7 | **return** | | your | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/12/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)