--- title: At his going away she gave him a wishing-ring, and said, ‘Take this… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At his going away she gave him a wishing-ring, and said, ‘Take this ring, and put it on your finger; whatever you wish it will bring you; only promise never to make use of it to bring me hence to your father’s house.’ Who acts: king, queen, you, ring. 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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 (king, queen, you, ring), 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:pg2591:51:50 # text = At his going away she gave him a wishing-ring, and said, ‘Take this ring, and put it on your finger; whatever you wish it will bring you; only promise never to make use of it to bring me hence to your father’s house.’ 1 At at SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 wishing wishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 conj _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 41 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 hence hence ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | gerund | king | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | queen | a wishing ring | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ring=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | | this ring | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | | ring | | your finger | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Destination | | 6 | **wish** | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | future | ring | | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | use of ring | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | use of ring *not said here* | me | | your father's house | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to house=Destination | | 11 | **use** | | | ring | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/51/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)