--- title: But she would not leave him alone, and urged him saying, ‘If you wil… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But she would not leave him alone, and urged him saying, ‘If you will not eat anything, at least you might take a draught of wine; one drink counts for nothing,’ and at last he allowed himself to be persuaded, and drank. Who acts: woman, you, one drink, man. 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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 (woman, you, one drink, man), 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:pg2591:47:18 # text = But she would not leave him alone, and urged him saying, ‘If you will not eat anything, at least you might take a draught of wine; one drink counts for nothing,’ and at last he allowed himself to be persuaded, and drank. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 urged urge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 If if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 20 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 obl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave** | would | woman | man | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **urge** | past | woman *not said here* | | man | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | gerund | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **eat** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | anything | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 5 | **take** | might | you | a draught of wine | | least | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent draught=Theme at least=Asset | | 6 | **count** | present | one drink | | | | | for nothing | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **allow** | past | man | man | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer himself=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **persuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 9 | **drink** | past | one drink *not said here* | | | last | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/19/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)