--- title: But she comforted him, and said, ‘Dear father, the word you have giv… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But she comforted him, and said, ‘Dear father, the word you have given must be kept; I will go to the lion, and soothe him: perhaps he will let me come safe home again.’ Who acts: rose, you, I, father. 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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 (rose, you, I, father), 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:pg2591:44:19 # text = But she comforted him, and said, ‘Dear father, the word you have given must be kept; I will go to the lion, and soothe him: perhaps he will let me come safe home again.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 soothe soothe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 home home ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comfort** | past | rose | father | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | rose *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect | you | the word *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | must · passive | | Dear father | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **go** | future | I | | | | | to the lion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lion=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **soothe** | infinitive | I *not said here* | father | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 7 | **let** | future | father | me | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | again | home, safe *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/20/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)