--- title: “There is only one way to free yourselves,” she said to the king, bo… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “There is only one way to free yourselves,” she said to the king, bobbing up and down in the water as she spoke, “and that is to give me your solemn word that you will deliver to me the first child that is born to you.” Who acts: one way, way, that, solemn word. 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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 (one way, way, that, solemn word), 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:pg3282:17:89 # text = “There is only one way to free yourselves,” she said to the king, bobbing up and down in the water as she spoke, “and that is to give me your solemn word that you will deliver to me the first child that is born to you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 bobbing bob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 19 up up ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 down down ADV RB _ 19 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 amod _ _ 47 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one way | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | way | | the king | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **bob up** | gerund | way *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | way | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | way | | | give *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **deliver** *in a quote* | future | your solemn word | the first child | way | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to i=Destination | | 7 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the first child | you | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **word** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom word «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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/90/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)