--- title: But the man was unwilling to do so and said, ‘It may be my youngest… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the man was unwilling to do so and said, ‘It may be my youngest daughter, who loves me most, and always runs to meet me when I go home.’ Who acts: man, unwilling, youngest daughter, 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 (man, unwilling, youngest daughter, 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:pg2591:44:12 # text = But the man was unwilling to do so and said, ‘It may be my youngest daughter, who loves me most, and always runs to meet me when I go home.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 unwilling unwill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 csubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ‘ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 It it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 34 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unwill** | past · progressive | the man | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **‘** | past | the man *not said here* | life | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | may | unwilling | my youngest daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **love** | present | my youngest daughter | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 7 | **run** | present | my youngest daughter *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **meet** | to-infinitive | my youngest daughter *not said here* | me | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 9 | **go** | present | I | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/13/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)