--- title: When his Brothers came he was very glad, and he related to them all… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When his Brothers came he was very glad, and he related to them all that had happened to him; how he had found the water of life and brought away a cupful of it; and how he had rescued a beautiful Princess, who for a whole year was going to wait for him, and then he was to return to be married to he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/37/) [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/) / [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/) / 37 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 37 When his Brothers came he was very glad, and he related to them all that had happened to him; how he had found the water of life and brought away a cupful of it; and how he had rescued a beautiful Princess, who for a whole year was going to wait for him, and then he was to return to be married to her, and receive a rich kingdom. **Who acts:** Brothers, Brother, that, Prince, beautiful Princess · **What happens:** come, be, relate, happen, find, bring away · **To what, where:** sword, Prince, water, cupful, Princess, rich kingdom 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 (Brothers, Brother, that, Prince), 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:pg11027:17:37 # text = When his Brothers came he was very glad, and he related to them all that had happened to him; how he had found the water of life and brought away a cupful of it; and how he had rescued a beautiful Princess, who for a whole year was going to wait for him, and then he was to return to be married to her, and receive a rich kingdom. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cupful cupful NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 rescued rescue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 60 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 64 advmod _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 advcl _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Prince's Brothers | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Brother | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **relate** | past | Brother | | sword | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to they=Co-Theme | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | Prince | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past · perfect | Prince | the water of life | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 6 | **bring away** | past | Prince *not said here* | a cupful of cupful | | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cupful=Theme | | 7 | **rescue** | past · perfect · passive | | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | a beautiful Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **wait** | to-infinitive | a beautiful Princess *not said here* | | | | | for Prince | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | then | return *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | Prince *not said here* | | Princess | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to she=Co-Patient | | 12 | **receive** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | a rich kingdom | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/38/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)