--- title: Then the boy ran and told the King, who came with his sword, and swu… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the boy ran and told the King, who came with his sword, and swung it thrice over the Duck; and at the third time his bride stood before him, bright, living, and healthful, as she had been before. Who acts: boy, King, bride. 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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 (boy, King, bride), 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:pg11027:24:82 # text = Then the boy ran and told the King, who came with his sword, and swung it thrice over the Duck; and at the third time his bride stood before him, bright, living, and healthful, as she had been before. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 thrice thrice ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 amod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 healthful healthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 46 before before ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the boy | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past | the King | | | | | with King's sword | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **swing** | past | the King *not said here* | sword | | | | over the Duck; thrice *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme over duck=Trajectory | | 5 | **stand** | past | King's bride | | | | before King; time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 6 | **live** | gerund | King's bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past · perfect | bride | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/83/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)