--- title: As soon as John came to the bedside, the King said, "My faithful Joh… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as John came to the bedside, the King said, "My faithful John, I feel that my end approaches, and I have no other care than about my son, who is still so young that he cannot always guide himself aright. Who acts: John, King, end, son. 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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, King, end, son), 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:pg11027:16:3 # text = As soon as John came to the bedside, the King said, "My faithful John, I feel that my end approaches, and I have no other care than about my son, who is still so young that he cannot always guide himself aright. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 bedside bedside NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 approaches approach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 47 advmod _ _ 47 guide guide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 48 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 obj _ _ 49 aright aright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | John | | | the bedside | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bedside=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **approach** *in a quote* | present | my end | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | no other care | | | | than my son | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my son | | | | still | young *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **guide** *in a quote* | can | John | John | | | | always, aright *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/4/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)