--- title: She replied, ‘Go farther into the wood until you come to a house, wh… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She replied, ‘Go farther into the wood until you come to a house, wherein lives an old woman; she will offer you food and drink, but you must not take of either; if you do, you will fall into a deep sleep, and will not be able to help me. Who acts: queen, you. 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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 (queen, you), 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:pg2591:47:9 # text = She replied, ‘Go farther into the wood until you come to a house, wherein lives an old woman; she will offer you food and drink, but you must not take of either; if you do, you will fall into a deep sleep, and will not be able to help me. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | the wood | | far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **come** | present | you | | | a house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **live** | present | | a old woman | | | | wherein *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme woman=Location | | 5 | **offer** | future | queen | food and drink | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal food=Theme | | 6 | **not** **take** | must | you | | | | | of either | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of either=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fall** | future | you | | | | | into a deep sleep *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sleep=Result | | 9 | **not** **is** | future | you *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/10/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)