--- title: The king noticed that his treasure had been disarranged, and soon ob… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The king noticed that his treasure had been disarranged, and soon observed that coins were missing: but he was utterly unable to think how they could have been stolen, for the locks and bolts had not been tampered with, and everything was well fastened. Who acts: king, coins. 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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, coins), 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:pg11027:22:28 # text = The king noticed that his treasure had been disarranged, and soon observed that coins were missing: but he was utterly unable to think how they could have been stolen, for the locks and bolts had not been tampered with, and everything was well fastened. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 disarranged disarrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 bolts bolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 tampered tamper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 48 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past | the king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **disarrange** | past · perfect · passive | | king's treasure | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **observe** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | coins | | | | | missing *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | king | | | | | unable, utterly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **steal** | could · perfect · passive | | coins *= coin* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **not** **tamper** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | for the locks and bolts | tree rules | | 9 | **fasten** | past · passive | | everything | | | | well *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **treasure** | | king | | | | | | nom treasure «possession 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/29/) - ↑ back to [The Travels of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/)