--- title: The King looked at him, and because his appearance pleased him, he s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The King looked at him, and because his appearance pleased him, he said, "You may make three requests, but they must be inanimate things you ask for, and such as you can take with you into the castle." Who acts: King, You, requests. 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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, You, requests), 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:pg11027:9:86 # text = The King looked at him, and because his appearance pleased him, he said, "You may make three requests, but they must be inanimate things you ask for, and such as you can take with you into the castle." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 requests request NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 inanimate inanimate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the King | | | | | at youth | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | may | You | three requests | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | requests *= request* | inanimate things | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | you | inanimate things *not said here* | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | can | you | | | the castle | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into castle=Destination | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/87/) - ↑ back to [Oh, If I Could But Shiver!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/9/)