--- title: Presently she stepped on board, and the King conducted her below; bu… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Presently she stepped on board, and the King conducted her below; but the faithful John remained on deck by the steersman, and told him to unmoor the ship and put on all the sail he could, that it might fly as a bird through the air. Who acts: daughter, King, faithful John, ship. 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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 (daughter, King, faithful John, ship), 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:pg11027:16:43 # text = Presently she stepped on board, and the King conducted her below; but the faithful John remained on deck by the steersman, and told him to unmoor the ship and put on all the sail he could, that it might fly as a bird through the air. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 below below ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 steersman steersman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 unmoor unmoor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 through through ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step** | past | daughter | | | board | | presently *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on board=Trajectory | | 2 | **conduct** | past | the King | daughter | | | | below *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **remain** | past | the faithful John | | | deck | | by the steersman | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on deck=Location | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | daughter *not said here* | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **unmoor** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | the ship | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **put** | participle | daughter *not said here* | | | all sail | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on sail=Destination | | 7 | **fly** | might | ship | | | the air | | as a bird | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/44/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)