--- title: But one day, as the queen was walking by the side of the river, a li… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But one day, as the queen was walking by the side of the river, a little fish lifted its head out of the water, and said, "Your wish shall be fulfilled, and you shall soon have a daughter." Who acts: queen, little fish, you, Your. 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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 (queen, little fish, you, Your), 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:pg11027:18:2 # text = But one day, as the queen was walking by the side of the river, a little fish lifted its head out of the water, and said, "Your wish shall be fulfilled, and you shall soon have a daughter." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | the queen | one day *not said here* | | | | by the side of the river | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent day=Theme by side=Trajectory | | 2 | **lift** | past | a little fish | fish's head | | the water | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a little fish *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | Your wish | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | you | a daughter | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | | Your | | | | | | nom wish «feeling 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/3/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/)