--- title: In the olden time, when wishing was having, there lived a King, whos… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: In the olden time, when wishing was having, there lived a King, whose daughters were all beautiful; but the youngest was so exceedingly beautiful that the Sun himself, although he saw her very, very often, was delighted every time she came out into the sunshine. 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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 (daughters, youngest, Sun, she), 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:pg11027:21:1 # text = In the olden time, when wishing was having, there lived a King, whose daughters were all beautiful; but the youngest was so exceedingly beautiful that the Sun himself, although he saw her very, very often, was delighted every time she came out into the sunshine. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 olden olden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 although although SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 often often ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 45 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 out out ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | gerund | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **have** | past · progressive | | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **live** | past | | a King | | there | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme king=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | daughters | | | | | all, beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the youngest | | | | | beautiful, exceedingly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | the Sun Sun | her *= she* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | the Sun Sun *not said here* | | | | time | delighted, often *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **come out** | past | she | every time *not said here* | | the sunshine | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient time=Result | 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: [Mother Holle, 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/20/50/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/2/) - ↑ back to [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/)