--- title: But this croaking was of no avail; although it was loud enough, the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But this croaking was of no avail; although it was loud enough, the King's daughter did not hear it, but, hastening home, soon forgot the poor Frog, who was obliged to leap back into the fountain. Who acts: croaking, daughter. 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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 (croaking, daughter), 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:pg11027:21:23 # text = But this croaking was of no avail; although it was loud enough, the King's daughter did not hear it, but, hastening home, soon forgot the poor Frog, who was obliged to leap back into the fountain. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 croaking croaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 avail avail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 although although SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ _ 13 enough enough ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 hastening hasten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 30 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 leap leap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this croaking | | | | | of no avail | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | croaking | | | | | enough, loud *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | the King's daughter | croaking | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **hasten** | gerund | the King's daughter *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **forget** | past | the King's daughter *not said here* | the poor Frog | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the poor Frog | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **leap back** | to-infinitive | | | | the fountain | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into fountain=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/24/) - ↑ back to [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/)