--- title: In spite of this, however, the two elder sons worried the poor King… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: In spite of this, however, the two elder sons worried the poor King into appointing one test further, before bestowing his kingdom, and the King, giving way, announced that the one who brought home the most beautiful woman should inherit the crown. Who acts: two elder sons, King, one. 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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 (two elder sons, King, one), 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:pg11027:10:34 # text = In spite of this, however, the two elder sons worried the poor King into appointing one test further, before bestowing his kingdom, and the King, giving way, announced that the one who brought home the most beautiful woman should inherit the crown. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 worried worry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 into into SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 appointing appoint VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 further further ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 bestowing bestow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 34 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 home home ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 43 advmod _ _ 43 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **worry** | past | the two elder sons | the poor King | | spite of this | | however *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 2 | **appoint** | gerund | the two elder sons *not said here* | one test | | | | further *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme | | 3 | **bestow** | gerund | the two elder sons *not said here* | King's kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | gerund | the King *not said here* | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 5 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | the King | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** | past | the one | | the beautiful woman | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument woman=Destination | | 7 | **inherit** | should | the one | the crown | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 8 | **spite** | | | this | | | | | nom spite «feeling 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/35/) - ↑ back to [Dummling and the Three Feathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/)