--- title: And as soon as he had sprinkled the statue with blood, life came bac… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: And as soon as he had sprinkled the statue with blood, life came back to it, and the trusty John stood again alive and well before him, and said, "Your faith shall not go unrewarded"; and taking the heads of the two children he set them on again, and anointed their wounds with their blood, and there --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/101/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/) / 101 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 101 And as soon as he had sprinkled the statue with blood, life came back to it, and the trusty John stood again alive and well before him, and said, "Your faith shall not go unrewarded"; and taking the heads of the two children he set them on again, and anointed their wounds with their blood, and thereupon they healed again in a moment, and the children sprang away and played as if nothing had happened. **Who acts:** John, life, trusty John, faith, children, nothing · **What happens:** sprinkle, come back, stand, say, not go, unreward · **To what, where:** statue, blood, heads, children, wounds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Faithful John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, life, trusty John, faith), 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:pg11027:16:101 # text = And as soon as he had sprinkled the statue with blood, life came back to it, and the trusty John stood again alive and well before him, and said, "Your faith shall not go unrewarded"; and taking the heads of the two children he set them on again, and anointed their wounds with their blood, and thereupon they healed again in a moment, and the children sprang away and played as if nothing had happened. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 40 unrewarded unreward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 csubj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 on on ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 55 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 anointed anoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 healed heal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 69 again again ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 77 sprang sprang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 78 away away ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 conj _ _ 81 as as SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 82 if if SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 83 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 85 nsubj _ _ 84 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 85 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 80 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | past · perfect | John | the statue | | | | with blood; soon *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent statue=Destination with blood=Theme | | 2 | **come back** | past | life | | | blood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to it=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **stand** | past | the trusty John | | | | again | alive *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the trusty John *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | shall | Your faith | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **unreward** *in a quote* | participle | Your faith *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | gerund | | the heads of the two children | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 8 | **set on** | past | John | children *= child* | | | again | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result | | 9 | **anoint** | past | John *not said here* | children's wounds | | | | with children's blood | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wound=Destination with blood=Theme | | 10 | **heal** | past | children *= child* | | | | again; moment | thereupon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **sprang away** | present | the children | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **play** | past | the children *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **happen** | past · perfect | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **wound** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom wound «state 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/102/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)