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title: And then she said, "If you can induce me to take anything from your… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics
description: And then she said, "If you can induce me to take anything from your hand without saying "_J'y pense_," I am ready for marriage with you; but if, on the other hand, I can lead you to receive any object from my hand without your repeating those saving words, you shall have your head shaved, and forthw
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# Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 12, sentence 50

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And then she said, "If you can induce me to take anything from your hand without saying "\_J'y pense\_," I am ready for marriage with you; but if, on the other hand, I can lead you to receive any object from my hand without your repeating those saving words, you shall have your head shaved, and forthwith leave my dominions."

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**Who acts:** Princess, you, head, your · **What happens:** say, induce, take, be, lead, receive · **To what, where:** Princess, anything, hand, J'y pense, you, object · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, you, head, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74323:13:50
# text = And then she said, "If you can induce me to take anything from your hand without saying "_J'y pense_," I am ready for marriage with you; but if, on the other hand, I can lead you to receive any object from my hand without your repeating those saving words, you shall have your head shaved, and forthwith leave my dominions."
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	induce	induce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	csubj	_	_
14	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
20	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	J'y	J'y	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	pense	pense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	_
27	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	ccomp	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
35	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
36	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
43	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
46	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	advcl	_	_
49	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	50	det	_	_
50	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	from	from	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	without	without	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	repeating	repeating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
57	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	59	det	_	_
58	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	59	amod	_	_
59	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
61	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
62	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
64	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
66	shaved	shave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	63	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
69	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
70	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
71	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	dominions	dominion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	70	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **induce** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | Princess |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | anything |  | your hand |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund |  | J'y pense |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pense=Topic |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Princess |  |  |  |  | for marriage; with you; ready *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **lead** *in a quote* | can | Princess | you |  |  |  | the other hand *advcl* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 7 | **receive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | any object |  | my hand |  | without your repeating; that saving words *obj* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent object=Theme word=Location |
| 8 | **save** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | you | your head |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **shave** *in a quote* | participle | your head *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | my dominions |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme |
| 12 | **repeat** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom repeating «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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