--- title: While the King lay in this state, the two elder Princes came, and ac… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: While the King lay in this state, the two elder Princes came, and accused their Brother of poisoning their Father; but they had brought the right water, and they handed it to the King. Who acts: King, two elder Princes, Brother, thoughts. 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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 (King, two elder Princes, Brother, thoughts), 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:pg11027:17:46 # text = While the King lay in this state, the two elder Princes came, and accused their Brother of poisoning their Father; but they had brought the right water, and they handed it to the King. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Princes Prince PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 accused accuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 poisoning poison VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the King | | | this state | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in state=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | the two elder Princes | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **accuse** | past | the two elder Princes *not said here* | thoughts's Brother | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 4 | **poison** | gerund | thoughts's Brother *not said here* | thoughts's Father | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient | | 5 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination water=Theme | | 6 | **hand** | past | thoughts *= thought* | water | the King | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/47/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)