--- title: The faithful John conducted her to the ship with great joy, and the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The faithful John conducted her to the ship with great joy, and the King, when he beheld her, saw that her beauty was still greater than the picture had represented, and thought nothing else but that his heart would jump out of his mouth. Who acts: faithful John, King, beauty, heart. 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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 (faithful John, King, beauty, heart), 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:pg11027:16:42 # text = The faithful John conducted her to the ship with great joy, and the King, when he beheld her, saw that her beauty was still greater than the picture had represented, and thought nothing else but that his heart would jump out of his mouth. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 xcomp _ _ 29 than than SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 obj _ _ 38 else else ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 45 out out ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conduct** | past | the faithful John | daughter | | the ship with great joy | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to ship=Destination | | 2 | **behold** | past | King | daughter | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past | the King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | daughter's beauty | | | | still | great *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **represent** | past · perfect · passive | | the picture | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme | | 7 | **jump out** | would | King's heart | King's mouth | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mouth=Trajectory | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/43/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)