--- title: The King went, however, so often to see his dear children, that the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The King went, however, so often to see his dear children, that the Queen, noticing his absence, became inquisitive, and wished to know what he went to fetch out of the forest. Who acts: King. 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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), 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:pg11027:19:15 # text = The King went, however, so often to see his dear children, that the Queen, noticing his absence, became inquisitive, and wished to know what he went to fetch out of the forest. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 inquisitive inquisitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the King | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | King's dear children | | | | the Queen *obl*; however, often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 3 | **notice** | gerund | the King *not said here* | King's absence | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer absence=Stimulus | | 4 | **become** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | inquisitive *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **wish** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | past | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **absent** | | King | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/16/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)