--- title: ‘Oh, trouble not yourself about that,’ said the dwarf; ‘only underta… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Oh, trouble not yourself about that,’ said the dwarf; ‘only undertake to bring me here, twelve years hence, whatever meets you first on your going home, and I will give you as much as you please.’ Who acts: whatever, your, I. 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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 (whatever, your, I), 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:pg2591:51:9 # text = ‘Oh, trouble not yourself about that,’ said the dwarf; ‘only undertake to bring me here, twelve years hence, whatever meets you first on your going home, and I will give you as much as you please.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 nmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 hence hence ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 meets meet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 advmod _ _ 31 on on SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 34 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 please please INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the dwarf | | | year | | tree rules | | 2 | **undertake** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | | me | here | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 4 | **meet** | present | whatever | you | | | | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | | 5 | **go** | gerund | your | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | future | I | much | you | | | as you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient much=Theme | 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/pg2591/51/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/10/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)