--- title: The King, not thinking of an evil design, came again the next mornin… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The King, not thinking of an evil design, came again the next morning the first thing; and when he spoke to his wife, and she answered, a toad sprang out of her mouth at every word, as a piece of gold had done before. Who acts: King, wife, toad, piece. 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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, toad, piece), 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:pg11027:24:67 # text = The King, not thinking of an evil design, came again the next morning the first thing; and when he spoke to his wife, and she answered, a toad sprang out of her mouth at every word, as a piece of gold had done before. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 sprang spring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 50 before before ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | of a evil design | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | the King | | | | again; morning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | King | | | | | to King's wife | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to wife=Co-Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | wife | | a toad | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent toad=Eventuality | | 5 | **spring out** | gerund | a toad *not said here* | wife's mouth | | every word | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mouth=Theme | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | a piece of gold | a toad *not said here* | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Eventuality | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/68/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)