--- title: Then he was very glad that she thought as he did, and going up to th… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then he was very glad that she thought as he did, and going up to the closet, he unlocked it, brought out the children and the faithful John, saying, "God be praised! he is saved, and we have still our little sons"; and then he told her all that happened. Who acts: John, Queen, we, that. 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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 (John, Queen, we, that), 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:pg11027:16:107 # text = Then he was very glad that she thought as he did, and going up to the closet, he unlocked it, brought out the children and the faithful John, saying, "God be praised! he is saved, and we have still our little sons"; and then he told her all that happened. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 15 up up ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 closet closet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 unlocked unlock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 47 still still ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 iobj _ _ 58 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 60 det:predet _ _ 59 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 nsubj _ _ 60 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | John | | | | then | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Queen | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past | John | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go up** | gerund | John *not said here* | | | | | to the closet | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **unlock** | past | John | closet | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **bring out** | past | John *not said here* | the children and the faithful John | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **praise** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | God | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **save** *in a quote* | present · passive | | John | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | our little sons | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | John | | Queen | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **happen** | past | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/108/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)