--- title: The two Brothers now went to the youngest Prince, mocking him, and s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The two Brothers now went to the youngest Prince, mocking him, and saying, "You certainly found the water of life; but you had the trouble and we had the reward; you should have been more cautious and kept your eyes open, for we took your cup while you were asleep on the sea; and, moreover, in a yea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/48/) [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/) / 48 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 48 The two Brothers now went to the youngest Prince, mocking him, and saying, "You certainly found the water of life; but you had the trouble and we had the reward; you should have been more cautious and kept your eyes open, for we took your cup while you were asleep on the sea; and, moreover, in a year one of us intends to fetch your Princess. **Who acts:** two Brothers, You, we · **What happens:** go, mock, say, find, have, be · **To what, where:** Brother, water, trouble, reward, eyes, cup · **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 (two Brothers, You, we), 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:pg11027:17:48 # text = The two Brothers now went to the youngest Prince, mocking him, and saying, "You certainly found the water of life; but you had the trouble and we had the reward; you should have been more cautious and kept your eyes open, for we took your cup while you were asleep on the sea; and, moreover, in a year one of us intends to fetch your Princess. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mocking mock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 cop _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 cautious cautious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 while while SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 advcl _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 64 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nmod _ _ 72 intends intend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 xcomp _ _ 75 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the two Brothers | | | | now | to the youngest Prince | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mock** | gerund | | Brother | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** *in a quote* | past | You | the water of life | | | | certainly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | you | the trouble | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | the reward | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Patient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | should · perfect | you | | | | | cautious *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **keep** *in a quote* | participle | you *not said here* | your eyes | | | | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | past | we | your cup | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | past | you | | | the sea | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **intend** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | in a year one of us; moreover *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **fetch** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | your Princess | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/49/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)