--- title: The latter, when he saw himself released from his troubles, knew not… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The latter, when he saw himself released from his troubles, knew not how to be sufficiently grateful, and said to the Soldier, "Come with me; my daughters are all wonders of beauty, so choose one of them for a wife. Who acts: latter, purse, daughters. 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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 (latter, purse, daughters), 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:pg11027:15:84 # text = The latter, when he saw himself released from his troubles, knew not how to be sufficiently grateful, and said to the Soldier, "Come with me; my daughters are all wonders of beauty, so choose one of them for a wife. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 18 sufficiently sufficiently ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Soldier Soldier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the latter | purse | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **release** | participle | purse *not said here* | | | purse's troubles | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 3 | **not** **know** | past | the latter *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | grateful, sufficiently *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the Soldier | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to soldier=Recipient | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | with me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my daughters | all wonders | | | | of beauty | tree rules | | 8 | **choose** *in a quote* | infinitive | the latter *not said here* | one of daughters | | | | for a wife | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent one=Theme for wife=Beneficiary | | 9 | **trouble** | | purse | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/85/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)