--- title: ‘When you are half-way over, throw it down, and out of the waters wi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘When you are half-way over, throw it down, and out of the waters will immediately spring up a high nut-tree on which the griffin will be able to rest, otherwise he would not have the strength to bear you the whole way; if, therefore, thou dost forget to throw down the nut, he will let you both fall --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/50/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/) / 50 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, sentence 50 ‘When you are half-way over, throw it down, and out of the waters will immediately spring up a high nut-tree on which the griffin will be able to rest, otherwise he would not have the strength to bear you the whole way; if, therefore, thou dost forget to throw down the nut, he will let you both fall into the sea.’ **Who acts:** you, half way, griffin, thou, both · **What happens:** be, throw down, spring up, rest, not have, bear · **To what, where:** half way, nut, high nut tree, waters, strength, you 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 (you, half way, griffin, thou), 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:pg2591:44:50 # text = ‘When you are half-way over, throw it down, and out of the waters will immediately spring up a high nut-tree on which the griffin will be able to rest, otherwise he would not have the strength to bear you the whole way; if, therefore, thou dost forget to throw down the nut, he will let you both fall into the sea.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 spring spring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 54 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nsubj _ _ 57 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 58 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 down down ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 68 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 70 nsubj _ _ 70 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 parataxis _ _ 71 into into ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | you | half way | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **throw down** | infinitive | half way | nut | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **spring up** | future | half way *not said here* | a high nut tree | | the waters | | immediately *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme | | 4 | **is** | future | the griffin | | | a high nut tree | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **rest** | to-infinitive | the griffin *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **have** | would | griffin | the strength | | | | otherwise *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 7 | **bear** | to-infinitive | griffin *not said here* | you | | | | the whole way *obl:unmarked* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 8 | **do** | present | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **forget** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **throw down** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | the nut | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme | | 11 | **let** | future | griffin | you | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 12 | **fall** | present | both | | | | | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/51/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)