--- title: They will ask what you do here, but give no answer; and let them do… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They will ask what you do here, but give no answer; and let them do what they will--beat, whip, pinch, prick, or torment you--bear all; only speak not a word, and at twelve o’clock they must go away. Who acts: chambers, 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 (chambers, 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:pg2591:51:42 # text = They will ask what you do here, but give no answer; and let them do what they will--beat, whip, pinch, prick, or torment you--bear all; only speak not a word, and at twelve o’clock they must go away. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 pinch pinch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 prick prick NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 torment torment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 o’clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | chambers *= chamber* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | present | you | | | here | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | present | you *not said here* | no answer | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | chambers *= chamber* *not said here* | chambers *= chamber* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | infinitive | chambers *= chamber* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **torment** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | infinitive | chambers *= chamber* *not said here* | | | | | all *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | | a word | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **go away** | must | chambers *= chamber* | | | twelve o’clock | | away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at o'clock=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/43/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)