--- title: When he met the Dwarf, and was asked whither he was going so hurried… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When he met the Dwarf, and was asked whither he was going so hurriedly, he stopped and replied, "I seek the water of life, for my Father is sick unto death." " Who acts: youngest, Father. 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" **Who acts:** youngest, Father · **What happens:** meet, ask, go, stop, reply, seek · **To what, where:** Dwarf, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Water of Life. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youngest, Father), 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:pg11027:17:16 # text = When he met the Dwarf, and was asked whither he was going so hurriedly, he stopped and replied, "I seek the water of life, for my Father is sick unto death." " 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 hurriedly hurriedly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | youngest *= young* | the Dwarf | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Co-Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | youngest *= young* *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | youngest *= young* | | | | | hurriedly, whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stop** | past | youngest *= young* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | youngest *= young* *not said here* | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **seek** *in a quote* | present | youngest *= young* | the water of life | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my Father | | | | | unto death; sick *property* | tree rules | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/17/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)