--- title: He let the host have no rest, until the latter told him, that not fa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He let the host have no rest, until the latter told him, that not far from thence stood a haunted castle where anyone could very easily learn what shuddering was, if he would but watch in it for three nights. Who acts: youth, host, latter, anyone. 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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 (youth, host, latter, anyone), 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:pg2591:57:96 # text = He let the host have no rest, until the latter told him, that not far from thence stood a haunted castle where anyone could very easily learn what shuddering was, if he would but watch in it for three nights. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thence thence ADV RB _ 17 obl _ _ 20 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 haunted haunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 25 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 easily easily ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 ccomp _ _ 31 shuddering shuddering NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | youth | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | the host | no rest | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the latter | | youth | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **stand** | past | the latter *not said here* | a haunted castle | | | | far *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus | | 5 | **haunt** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **learn** | could | anyone | | | | | easily *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | shuddering | a haunted castle | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **watch** | infinitive | the latter *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/97/) - ↑ 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/)