--- title: Nevertheless, the Son begged and entreated so long that the King con… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless, the Son begged and entreated so long that the King consented, and the Prince went away, thinking in his own heart, "If I bring this water I am the dearest to my Father, and I shall inherit his kingdom." Who acts: Son, King, Prince. 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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 (Son, King, 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:pg11027:17:6 # text = Nevertheless, the Son begged and entreated so long that the King consented, and the Prince went away, thinking in his own heart, "If I bring this water I am the dearest to my Father, and I shall inherit his kingdom." 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 If if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Son | | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **entreat** | past | the Son *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **consent** | past | the King | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go away** | past | the Prince | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | King's own heart | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the Son *= son* | this water | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Son *= son* | | my Father | | | dear *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **inherit** *in a quote* | shall | the Son *= son* | King's 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/7/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)