--- title: ‘I see well enough,’ said the witch, ‘that you can do no more today,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I see well enough,’ said the witch, ‘that you can do no more today, but I will keep you yet another night, in payment for which you must tomorrow chop me a load of wood, and chop it small.’ Who acts: I, you. 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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 (I, you), 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:pg2591:46:11 # text = ‘I see well enough,’ said the witch, ‘that you can do no more today, but I will keep you yet another night, in payment for which you must tomorrow chop me a load of wood, and chop it small.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 19 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 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 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 yet yet ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 parataxis _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | I | | | | | enough, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the witch | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | can | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **keep** | future | I | you | | | night | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **chop** | must | you | me | | | tomorrow | for payment | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent i=Patient load=Result | | 6 | **chop** | infinitive | you *not said here* | load | | | | small *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/12/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)