--- title: Finally, she laid a letter near him, in which, after giving him part… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Finally, she laid a letter near him, in which, after giving him particulars of the food and drink she had left for him, she finished with the following words: ‘I see that as long as you remain here you will never be able to set me free; if, however, you still wish to do so, come to the golden castle --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/) / 40 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Raven, sentence 40 Finally, she laid a letter near him, in which, after giving him particulars of the food and drink she had left for him, she finished with the following words: ‘I see that as long as you remain here you will never be able to set me free; if, however, you still wish to do so, come to the golden castle of Stromberg; this is well within your power to accomplish.’ **Who acts:** woman, I, you, this · **What happens:** lay, give, leave, finish, follow, see · **To what, where:** letter, particulars, man, food, that, me This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Raven. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, I, you, this), 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:pg2591:47:40 # text = Finally, she laid a letter near him, in which, after giving him particulars of the food and drink she had left for him, she finished with the following words: ‘I see that as long as you remain here you will never be able to set me free; if, however, you still wish to do so, come to the golden castle of Stromberg; this is well within your power to accomplish.’ 1 Finally finally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 after after SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 particulars particular NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 33 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obj _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 49 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 parataxis _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 55 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 however however ADV RB _ 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 still still ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 so so ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 conj _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 Stromberg Stromberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 74 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 79 nsubj _ _ 75 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 cop _ _ 76 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 79 advmod _ _ 77 within within ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 accomplish accomplish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 79 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | woman | a letter | | | | near man; finally *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme which=Destination | | 2 | **give** | gerund | woman *not said here* | particulars of the food and drink | man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient particular=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | woman | the food and drink *not said here* | | | | for man | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme for he=Recipient | | 4 | **finish** | past | woman | | | | | with the following words | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with word=Subeventuality | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | present | I | that | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 7 | **remain** | present | you | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **is** | future | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **set** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result | | 10 | **wish** | present | you | | | | still | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 11 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **come** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the golden castle of Stromberg | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location | | 13 | **is** | present | this | | | | | within your power; well *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **accomplish** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/41/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)