--- title: ‘Do what I bid you,’ replied the soldier, and again this third night… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Do what I bid you,’ replied the soldier, and again this third night the princess was obliged to work like a servant, but before she went away, she hid her shoe under the bed. Who acts: you, I, princess. 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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 (you, I, princess), 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:pg2591:46:62 # text = ‘Do what I bid you,’ replied the soldier, and again this third night the princess was obliged to work like a servant, but before she went away, she hid her shoe under the bed. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 obj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 before before SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **bid** | past | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | you *not said here* | the soldier | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent soldier=Topic | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the princess | | | night | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **work** | to-infinitive | | | | | | like a servant | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go away** | past | princess | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hide** | past | princess | princess's shoe | | the bed | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient under bed=Location | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/63/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)