--- title: The King was much grieved, but he did not think that his wife could… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The King was much grieved, but he did not think that his wife could have done this wicked deed, and, as he feared the girl might also be stolen away, he took her with him. Who acts: King, wife. 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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, wife), 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:pg11027:19:25 # text = The King was much grieved, but he did not think that his wife could have done this wicked deed, and, as he feared the girl might also be stolen away, he took her with him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | King | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | could · perfect | King's wife | this wicked deed | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | | 4 | **fear** | past | King | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **steal away** | might · passive | | the girl | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | King | | girl | | | with horse | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/26/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)