--- title: The father said: ‘If it be possible, your desire shall be fulfilled,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The father said: ‘If it be possible, your desire shall be fulfilled,’ and he caused a search to be made in his whole kingdom, until eleven young maidens were found who exactly resembled his daughter in face, figure, and size. Who acts: father, size, your. 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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 (father, size, your), 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:pg2591:50:13 # text = The father said: ‘If it be possible, your desire shall be fulfilled,’ and he caused a search to be made in his whole kingdom, until eleven young maidens were found who exactly resembled his daughter in face, figure, and size. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 until until SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | size | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fulfil** | shall · passive | | your desire | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cause** | past | father | a search | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition search=Patient | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | father *not said here* | a search *not said here* | | father's whole kingdom | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 6 | **find** | past · passive | | eleven young maidens | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **resemble** | past | | father's daughter | | face | | size *obl*; exactly *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **desire** | | your | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/14/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/)