--- title: He caused his court to be assembled, and sentence was given to the e… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: He caused his court to be assembled, and sentence was given to the effect that the Prince should be secretly shot; and once as he rode out hunting, unsuspicious of any evil, the Huntsman was sent with him to perform the deed. Who acts: King, effect. 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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, effect), 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:pg11027:17:51 # text = He caused his court to be assembled, and sentence was given to the effect that the Prince should be secretly shot; and once as he rode out hunting, unsuspicious of any evil, the Huntsman was sent with him to perform the deed. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 unsuspicious unsuspicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Huntsman Huntsman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | King | | King's court | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition court=Patient | | 2 | **assemble** | to-infinitive · passive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V» | | 3 | **give** | past · passive | | sentence | the effect | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to effect=Recipient | | 4 | **shoot** | should · passive | the effect *not said here* | the Prince | | | | secretly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **ride out** | past | King | hunting | | | | once *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Theme | | 6 | **send** | past · passive | | the Huntsman | | | | with King | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **perform** | to-infinitive | | the deed | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/52/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)