--- title: Meanwhile the sick King waited a long while for him, but he did not… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the sick King waited a long while for him, but he did not come; and the second Son asked leave to go too and seek the water, for he thought to himself, "If my Brother is dead the kingdom comes to me." Who acts: sick King, King, second Son, Brother. 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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 (sick King, King, second Son, Brother), 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:pg11027:17:10 # text = Meanwhile the sick King waited a long while for him, but he did not come; and the second Son asked leave to go too and seek the water, for he thought to himself, "If my Brother is dead the kingdom comes to me." 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 too too ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 If if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 csubj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 46 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the sick King | | | | while | for Prince; meanwhile *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | King | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the second Son | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **seek** | infinitive | | the water | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | King | | Prince | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | my Brother | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | | King | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/11/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)