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title: But he would not, and said that it would be a very hazardous thing;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But he would not, and said that it would be a very hazardous thing; for if the least ray of the torch-light should fall upon him his enchantment would become still worse, for he should be changed into a dove, and be forced to wander about the world for seven long years. Who acts: wedding, least ray,
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, sentence 30

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But he would not, and said that it would be a very hazardous thing; for if the least ray of the torch-light should fall upon him his enchantment would become still worse, for he should be changed into a dove, and be forced to wander about the world for seven long years.

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**Who acts:** wedding, least ray, enchantment, feast · **What happens:** say, be, fall, become, change, force · **To what, where:** hazardous thing, feast, dove, torch light · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Lily and the Lion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wedding, least ray, enchantment, feast), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:44:30
# text = But he would not, and said that it would be a very hazardous thing; for if the least ray of the torch-light should fall upon him his enchantment would become still worse, for he should be changed into a dove, and be forced to wander about the world for seven long years.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
17	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
18	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
27	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
29	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
33	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	parataxis	_	_
35	still	still	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	34	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
40	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	conj	_	_
43	into	into	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	xcomp	_	_
52	about	about	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	58	nummod	_	_
57	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | would | wedding | a hazardous thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | the least ray of the torch light |  |  |  |  | upon feast | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 4 | **become** | would | feast's enchantment |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **change** | should · passive |  | feast |  |  |  | into a dove *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into dove=Result |
| 6 | **force** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: clause=Topic |
| 7 | **wander** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | year | about the world | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about world=Trajectory |
| 8 | **ray** |  |  | the torch light |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **enchant** |  | feast |  |  |  |  |  | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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