--- title: ‘Ah, be silent,’ said the hostess, ‘so many prying persons have alre… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah, be silent,’ said the hostess, ‘so many prying persons have already lost their lives, it would be a pity and a shame if such beautiful eyes as these should never see the daylight again.’ Who acts: hostess, these. 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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 (hostess, these), 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:pg2591:57:93 # text = ‘Ah, be silent,’ said the hostess, ‘so many prying persons have already lost their lives, it would be a pity and a shame if such beautiful eyes as these should never see the daylight again.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hostess hostess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 prying pry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 already already ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the hostess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hostess=Topic | | 3 | **pry** | gerund | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive | | many prying persons | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | would | hostess | a pity and a shame such beautiful eyes | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **see** | should | these | the daylight | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daylight=Stimulus | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/94/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/)