--- title: ‘There is no evil without a remedy,’ he said to the unhappy father;… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘There is no evil without a remedy,’ he said to the unhappy father; ‘and if you will promise me your daughter in marriage, I will undertake to bring her back to you.’ Who acts: evil, you, I. 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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 (evil, you, I), 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:pg640:16:19 # text = ‘There is no evil without a remedy,’ he said to the unhappy father; ‘and if you will promise me your daughter in marriage, I will undertake to bring her back 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 12 ccomp _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 without without ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 remedy remedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 iobj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no evil without a remedy | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | evil | | | | | to the unhappy father | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to father=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | your daughter | marriage | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal daughter=Theme | | 4 | **undertake** | future | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | daughter | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to you=Destination | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/20/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)