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title: ‘Ah!’ replied the horse, ‘justice and avarice never dwell in one hou… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Ah!’ replied the horse, ‘justice and avarice never dwell in one house; my master has forgotten all that I have done for him so many years, and because I can no longer work he has turned me adrift, and says unless I become stronger than a lion he will not take me back again; what chance can I have o
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Horse, sentence 5

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‘Ah!’ replied the horse, ‘justice and avarice never dwell in one house; my master has forgotten all that I have done for him so many years, and because I can no longer work he has turned me adrift, and says unless I become stronger than a lion he will not take me back again; what chance can I have of that? he knows I have none, or he would not talk so.’

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**Who acts:** justice, master, I, horse, chance · **What happens:** reply, not dwell, forget, do, turn, say · **To what, where:** horse, one house, that, I, me, none · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Fox and the Horse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (justice, master, I, horse), 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:pg2591:45:5
# text = ‘Ah!’ replied the horse, ‘justice and avarice never dwell in one house; my master has forgotten all that I have done for him so many years, and because I can no longer work he has turned me adrift, and says unless I become stronger than a lion he will not take me back again; what chance can I have of that? he knows I have none, or he would not talk so.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
5	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	‘	‘	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	avarice	avarice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	dwell	dwell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
23	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	27	det:predet	_	_
24	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	obj	_	_
25	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	_
30	so	so	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
35	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
37	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
38	no	no	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
39	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	43	advmod	_	_
40	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	conj	_	_
44	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	_
45	adrift	adrift	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	parataxis	_	_
49	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
50	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	ccomp	_	_
52	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	51	xcomp	_	_
53	than	than	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
57	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	59	advmod	_	_
59	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	ccomp	_	_
60	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	_
61	back	back	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
62	again	again	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
64	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	68	obj	_	_
65	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
66	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
67	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
72	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
73	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
74	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	73	ccomp	_	_
76	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	75	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
78	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	_
79	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
80	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
81	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	82	advmod	_	_
82	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	75	conj	_	_
83	so	so	ADV	RB	_	82	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	73	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	73	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past |  | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent horse=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **dwell** | present | justice and avarice |  |  | one house |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 3 | **forget** | present · perfect | my master |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | present · perfect | I | that |  |  | year | for horse | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 5 | **turn** | can · perfect · passive |  | I |  |  |  | adrift, long *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme i=Result |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **become** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **not** **take back** | future | horse |  | me |  | again |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination |
| 9 | **have** | can | chance |  |  |  |  | of that | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 10 | **know** | present | horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 11 | **have** | present | I | none |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |
| 12 | **not** **talk** | would | horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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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