--- title: At this event both the King and the Queen were in great grief, and t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: At this event both the King and the Queen were in great grief, and the King thought, "Ah, how wickedly have I rewarded his great fidelity!" and he had the stone statue raised up and placed in his sleeping-chamber, near his bed; and as often as he looked at it, he wept and said, "Ah, could I bring yo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/94/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/) / 94 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 94 At this event both the King and the Queen were in great grief, and the King thought, "Ah, how wickedly have I rewarded his great fidelity!" and he had the stone statue raised up and placed in his sleeping-chamber, near his bed; and as often as he looked at it, he wept and said, "Ah, could I bring you back to life again, my faithful John!" **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** be, think, have, reward, raise up, place · **To what, where:** great grief, great fidelity, stone statue, sleeping chamber, you, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Faithful John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King), 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:pg11027:16:94 # text = At this event both the King and the Queen were in great grief, and the King thought, "Ah, how wickedly have I rewarded his great fidelity!" and he had the stone statue raised up and placed in his sleeping-chamber, near his bed; and as often as he looked at it, he wept and said, "Ah, could I bring you back to life again, my faithful John!" 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 both both CCONJ CC _ 6 cc:preconj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 24 wickedly wickedly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 rewarded reward VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fidelity fidelity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 near near ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 as as ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 often often ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 67 " " PUNCT `` _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 72 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 70 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 ccomp _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 back back ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 77 again again ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 79 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 80 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ! ! PUNCT . _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King and the Queen | | | great grief | | at this event | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | wickedly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **reward** *in a quote* | past | the King *= king* | King's great fidelity | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fidelity=Recipient | | 5 | **have** | past | King | the stone statue | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Patient | | 6 | **raise up** | participle | | the stone statue *not said here* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **place** | participle | | | | King's sleeping chamber | | near King's bed | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in chamber=Destination | | 8 | **look** | past | King | | | | | at bed; often *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 9 | **weep** | past | King | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **say** *speech: express* | past | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **bring back** *in a quote* | could | King | you | | life | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to life=Destination | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/95/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)