--- title: The youngest Prince, who had all this time been wandering about in t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The youngest Prince, who had all this time been wandering about in the forest, had also remembered that the year was up, and soon after his Brothers' departure he appeared before the castle and rode up straight on the golden road, for he was so deeply engaged in thinking of his beloved Princess that --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/70/) [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/) / 70 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 70 The youngest Prince, who had all this time been wandering about in the forest, had also remembered that the year was up, and soon after his Brothers' departure he appeared before the castle and rode up straight on the golden road, for he was so deeply engaged in thinking of his beloved Princess that he did not observe it. **Who acts:** youngest Prince, Prince, Brothers · **What happens:** wonder, remember up, appear, ride up, engage, think · **To what, where:** castle, golden road, Prince 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 (youngest Prince, Prince, Brothers), 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:pg11027:17:70 # text = The youngest Prince, who had all this time been wandering about in the forest, had also remembered that the year was up, and soon after his Brothers' departure he appeared before the castle and rode up straight on the golden road, for he was so deeply engaged in thinking of his beloved Princess that he did not observe it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux _ _ 11 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 28 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 Brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ' 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 straight straight ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 53 in in SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · perfect · progressive | the youngest Prince | | | | | about the forest | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about forest=Stimulus | | 2 | **remember up** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appear** | past | Prince | | | the castle | after Prince's Brothers's departure | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before castle=Location | | 4 | **ride up** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | the golden road | | straight *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **engage** | past · passive | | Prince | | | | deeply *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | of Prince's beloved Princess | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **observe** | past · do-support | Prince | castle | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 8 | **depart** | | Prince's Brothers | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/71/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)