--- title: The King was very fond of gold, and thought to himself, "That is an… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The King was very fond of gold, and thought to himself, "That is an art which would please me very well"; and so he said to the Miller, "If your daughter is so very clever, bring her to the castle in the morning, and I will put her to the proof." Who acts: King, That, art, 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 (King, That, art, 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:pg11027:24:89 # text = The King was very fond of gold, and thought to himself, "That is an art which would please me very well"; and so he said to the Miller, "If your daughter is so very clever, bring her to the castle in the morning, and I will put her to the proof." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 If if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | of gold; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | | | King | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | a art | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **please** *in a quote* | would | a art | me | | | | well *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | the Miller | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to miller=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your daughter | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | daughter | | the castle | morning | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to castle=Destination | | 8 | **put** *in a quote* | future | King | | daughter | | | to the proof | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/90/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)