--- title: ‘No,’ said the old woman, ‘there is only one way in the whole world,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘No,’ said the old woman, ‘there is only one way in the whole world, and that is so difficult that you won’t free them by it, for you would have to be dumb and not laugh for seven years, and if you spoke a single word, though but an hour were wanting to the time, your silence would all have been in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/) / 75 # The Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Brothers, sentence 75 ‘No,’ said the old woman, ‘there is only one way in the whole world, and that is so difficult that you won’t free them by it, for you would have to be dumb and not laugh for seven years, and if you spoke a single word, though but an hour were wanting to the time, your silence would all have been in vain, and that one word would slay your brothers.’ **Who acts:** old woman, one way, that, you, hour, silence · **What happens:** say, be, have, not laugh, speak, want · **To what, where:** old woman, single word, brothers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Twelve Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old woman, one way, that, 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:pg540:41:75 # text = ‘No,’ said the old woman, ‘there is only one way in the whole world, and that is so difficult that you won’t free them by it, for you would have to be dumb and not laugh for seven years, and if you spoke a single word, though but an hour were wanting to the time, your silence would all have been in vain, and that one word would slay your brothers.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 though though SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 67 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj:outer _ _ 69 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 70 all all ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 71 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 aux _ _ 72 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 74 cop _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 77 that that SCONJ IN _ 81 mark _ _ 78 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 79 nummod _ _ 79 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 80 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 82 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 83 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **be** | present | one way in the whole world | the old woman *not said here* | | there | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot woman=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | would | you | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **laugh** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | year | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a single word | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **want** | past · progressive | a hour | | | | time | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **is** | would · perfect | your silence | | | | | all, vain *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **slay** | would | one word | your brothers | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | | 11 | **silence** | | your | | | | | | nom silence «state 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/76/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/)