--- title: The king, however, would not give his consent, and said: ‘It is not… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king, however, would not give his consent, and said: ‘It is not safe in there; I fear it would fare with you no better than with the others, and you would never come out again.’ Who acts: king, consent, I, you. 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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, consent, I, you), 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:pg2591:59:8 # text = The king, however, would not give his consent, and said: ‘It is not safe in there; I fear it would fare with you no better than with the others, and you would never come out again.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 fare fare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 28 with with SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 no no ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 xcomp _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 42 out out ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **give** | would | the king | king's consent | | | | however *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | consent | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fear** | present | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **fare** | would | consent | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **come out** | would | you | | | | again | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **consent** | | king | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/9/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)