--- title: There was once a poor Miller who had a beautiful daughter, and one d… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: There was once a poor Miller who had a beautiful daughter, and one day, having to go to speak with the King, he said, in order to make himself appear of consequence, that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold. Who acts: poor Miller, King, 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 (poor Miller, King, 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:pg11027:24:88 # text = There was once a poor Miller who had a beautiful daughter, and one day, having to go to speak with the King, he said, in order to make himself appear of consequence, that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ _ 30 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 fixed _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | | | | there | day | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | a poor Miller | a beautiful daughter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with the King | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with king=Co-Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | | King | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **appear** | infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | of consequence | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **have** | past | King | a daughter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 10 | **spin** | could | a daughter | straw | | gold | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent straw=Theme into gold=Trajectory | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/89/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)