--- title: Now there was a sword that cut off an enemy’s head whenever the wear… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now there was a sword that cut off an enemy’s head whenever the wearer gave the words, ‘Heads off!’; a cloak that made the owner invisible, or gave him any form he pleased; and a pair of boots that carried the wearer wherever he wished. Who acts: sword, wearer, cloak, pair. A sentence of «Grimms' Fa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/69/) [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 King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/) / 69 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The King of the Golden Mountain, sentence 69 Now there was a sword that cut off an enemy’s head whenever the wearer gave the words, ‘Heads off!’; a cloak that made the owner invisible, or gave him any form he pleased; and a pair of boots that carried the wearer wherever he wished. **Who acts:** sword, wearer, cloak, pair · **What happens:** cut off, give, make, be, carry, wish · **To what, where:** head, words, owner, form, wearer, pair This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The King of the Golden Mountain. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sword, wearer, cloak, pair), 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:pg2591:51:69 # text = Now there was a sword that cut off an enemy’s head whenever the wearer gave the words, ‘Heads off!’; a cloak that made the owner invisible, or gave him any form he pleased; and a pair of boots that carried the wearer wherever he wished. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 appos _ _ 22 off off ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past | a sword and a cloak | a enemy's head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** | past | the wearer | the words | | | | whenever *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | a cloak | the owner | | | | invisible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset owner=Product | | 4 | **give** | past | a cloak *not said here* | any form | wearer | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient form=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | | a pair | | | | of boots | tree rules | | 6 | **carry** | past | a pair | the wearer | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Theme | | 7 | **wish** | past | wearer | | | | | wherever *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/70/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)