--- title: The huntsman, having observed all this, went and told the King what… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The huntsman, having observed all this, went and told the King what he had seen and heard, and he said, "On the morrow I will pursue him once again." Who acts: huntsman, King. 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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 (huntsman, King), 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:pg11027:7:36 # text = The huntsman, having observed all this, went and told the King what he had seen and heard, and he said, "On the morrow I will pursue him once again." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 huntsman huntsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 iobj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 On on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 advmod _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | gerund · perfect | the huntsman *not said here* | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | the huntsman | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the huntsman *not said here* | | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect | King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 5 | **hear** | participle | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **pursue** *in a quote* | future | King | King | | the morrow | again | once *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on morrow=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/37/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)