--- title: So that there could be no disagreement as to the way each one should… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: So that there could be no disagreement as to the way each one should go, the King conducted them to the courtyard of the Palace, and there blew three feathers, by turn, into the air, telling his sons to follow the course that the three feathers took. Who acts: one, King, three feathers. 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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 (one, King, three feathers), 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:pg11027:10:4 # text = So that there could be no disagreement as to the way each one should go, the King conducted them to the courtyard of the Palace, and there blew three feathers, by turn, into the air, telling his sons to follow the course that the three feathers took. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 disagreement disagreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | | no disagreement | | | | as the way | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | should | each one | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 3 | **conduct** | past | the King | sons *= son* | | the courtyard of the Palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to courtyard=Destination | | 4 | **blow** | past | the King *not said here* | three feathers | | the air; there | | by turn | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent feather=Material into air=Product | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | King's sons | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **follow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | the course | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | the three feathers | the course *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/5/) - ↑ back to [Dummling and the Three Feathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/)