--- title: The king said to him: ‘You may return to your home, I need you no lo… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king said to him: ‘You may return to your home, I need you no longer, and you will not receive any more money, for he only receives wages who renders me service for them.’ Who acts: king, You, I, wages. 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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 (king, You, I, wages), 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:pg2591:46:2 # text = The king said to him: ‘You may return to your home, I need you no longer, and you will not receive any more money, for he only receives wages who renders me service for them.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 no no ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 any any ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 amod _ _ 28 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 receives receive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 34 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 renders render VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | soldier | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **return** | may | You | | | | | to your home *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 3 | **need** | present | I | you | | | | long *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 4 | **not** **receive** | future | you | more money | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 5 | **receive** | present | king | wages | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wage=Theme | | 6 | **render** | present | wages | service | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient service=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/3/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)