--- title: In their anger they came to the determination to resign, and they we… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: In their anger they came to the determination to resign, and they went all together to the King, and asked his permission, saying, "We are not prepared to keep company with a man who kills seven at one blow." Who acts: courtiers, man, King. 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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 (courtiers, man, King), 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:pg11027:13:74 # text = In their anger they came to the determination to resign, and they went all together to the King, and asked his permission, saying, "We are not prepared to keep company with a man who kills seven at one blow." 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 determination determination NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 obj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | courtiers *= courtier* | | | courtiers's anger | | to the determination | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to determination=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **resign** | to-infinitive | courtiers *= courtier* *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | courtiers *= courtier* | | | | | to the King; together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | King's permission | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **prepare** *in a quote* | present · passive | | We | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **keep** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | company | | | | with a man | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme | | 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | present | a man | seven | | one blow | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Theme | | 9 | **anger** | | courtiers *= courtier* | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **permit** | | King | | | | | | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/75/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)