--- title: Then the faithful John replied, "I have been unrighteously judged, a… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the faithful John replied, "I have been unrighteously judged, and have always been true to you"; and he narrated the conversation of the crows which he heard at sea; and how, in order to save his master, he was obliged to do all he had done. Who acts: faithful John, John, crows. 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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, John, crows), 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:pg11027:16:91 # text = Then the faithful John replied, "I have been unrighteously judged, and have always been true to you"; and he narrated the conversation of the crows which he heard at sea; and how, in order to save his master, he was obliged to do all he had done. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 unrighteously unrighteously ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 judged judge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 18 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 narrated narrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 obj _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the faithful John | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **judge** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the faithful John *= john* | | | | unrighteously *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | you | | | always, true *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **narrate** *speech: other* | past | John | the conversation of the crows | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversation=Topic | | 5 | **hear** | past | John | the crows | | sea | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 6 | **save** | to-infinitive | the faithful John *not said here* | John's master | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 7 | **oblige** | past · passive | | John | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 9 | **do** | past · perfect | John | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **converse** | | the crows | | | | | | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: of=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/92/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)