--- title: ‘We must think of something else,’ said the king; ‘keep your shoes o… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘We must think of something else,’ said the king; ‘keep your shoes on when you go to bed, and before you come back from the place where you are taken, hide one of them there, I will soon contrive to find it.’ Who acts: We, you, I. 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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 (We, you, I), 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:pg2591:46:60 # text = ‘We must think of something else,’ said the king; ‘keep your shoes on when you go to bed, and before you come back from the place where you are taken, hide one of them there, I will soon contrive to find it.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 7 else else ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 before before SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 47 contrive contrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | must | We | | | | | of something | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | We *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic | | 3 | **keep on** | infinitive | We *not said here* | your shoes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | | 4 | **go** | present | you | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **come back** | present | you | | | the place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **take** | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 7 | **hide** | infinitive | you *not said here* | one of shoes | | there | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 8 | **contrive** | future | I | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **find** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | place | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/61/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)