--- title: They all said: "You didn't win her just by taking the shoe off her f… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They all said: "You didn't win her just by taking the shoe off her foot; you'll have to win her by the point of the sword; you'll have to fight for her with us before you can call her your own." Who acts: princes, 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 (princes, 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:pg7885:23:81 # text = They all said: "You didn't win her just by taking the shoe off her foot; you'll have to win her by the point of the sword; you'll have to fight for her with us before you can call her your own." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 by by SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 off off ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 42 before before SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princes *= prince* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **win** *in a quote* | past · do-support | You | lady | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | You *not said here* | the shoe | | lady's foot | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme off foot=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **win** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | lady | | | | by the point of the sword | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fight** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for lady; with us | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with we=Co-Agent | | 8 | **call** *in a quote* | can | you | | lady | | | own *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 9 | **point** *in a quote* | | | the sword | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/82/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)