--- title: In the morning the King came, and, seeing the youth lying on the gro… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning the King came, and, seeing the youth lying on the ground, he thought that the spectres had killed him, and that he was dead; so he said, "It is a great misfortune that the finest men are thus killed"; but the youth, hearing this, sprang up, saying, "It is not come to that with me yet! --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/105/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/) / 105 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, sentence 105 In the morning the King came, and, seeing the youth lying on the ground, he thought that the spectres had killed him, and that he was dead; so he said, "It is a great misfortune that the finest men are thus killed"; but the youth, hearing this, sprang up, saying, "It is not come to that with me yet!" **Who acts:** King, youth, bed, great misfortune · **What happens:** come, see, lie, think, kill, be · **To what, where:** youth, ground, spectres, great misfortune, finest men, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, youth, bed, great misfortune), 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:pg11027:9:105 # text = In the morning the King came, and, seeing the youth lying on the ground, he thought that the spectres had killed him, and that he was dead; so he said, "It is a great misfortune that the finest men are thus killed"; but the youth, hearing this, sprang up, saying, "It is not come to that with me yet!" 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 spectres spectre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 48 thus thus ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 57 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 sprang sprang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 " " PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 66 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 68 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 ccomp _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 obl _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 obl _ _ 73 yet yet ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ! ! PUNCT . _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 " " PUNCT '' _ 68 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the King | the youth | | | morning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund | King *not said here* | the youth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | the youth *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | King | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | the spectres | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | King | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bed | a great misfortune | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **kill** *in a quote* | present · passive | a great misfortune *not said here* | the finest men | | | | thus *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **hear** | gerund | the King *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 11 | **sprang up** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | bed | | | | yet | to that; with the King *= king*; come *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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/106/) - ↑ back to [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/)