--- title: Soon the Knight came up to the tree, and the sisters saw he was a ve… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Soon the Knight came up to the tree, and the sisters saw he was a very handsome man, for he stopped to admire the fine silver leaves and golden fruit, and presently asked to whom the tree belonged, for he should like to have a branch off it. Who acts: Knight, sisters, fine silver, tree. 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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 (Knight, sisters, fine silver, tree), 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:pg11027:25:79 # text = Soon the Knight came up to the tree, and the sisters saw he was a very handsome man, for he stopped to admire the fine silver leaves and golden fruit, and presently asked to whom the tree belonged, for he should like to have a branch off it. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 admire admire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 presently presently ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 off off ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | the Knight | | | the tree | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **see** | past | the sisters | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | Knight | a handsome man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stop** | past | Knight | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **admire** | to-infinitive | Knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **leave** | present | the fine silver | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | presently *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **belong** | past | the tree | | | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **like** | should | Knight | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Knight *not said here* | a branch | | | | off tree | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Patient | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/80/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)