--- title: And the king asked the soldier which of them he would choose for his… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the king asked the soldier which of them he would choose for his wife; and he answered, ‘I am not very young, so I will have the eldest.’--And they were married that very day, and the soldier was chosen to be the king’s heir. Who acts: king, I. 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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, I), 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:pg2591:10:50 # text = And the king asked the soldier which of them he would choose for his wife; and he answered, ‘I am not very young, so I will have the eldest.’--And they were married that very day, and the soldier was chosen to be the king’s heir. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 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 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’s 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king | the soldier | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** | would | king | the soldier | | | | of princesses *= princess*; for king's wife | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent which=Theme for wife=Beneficiary | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | future | I | the eldest | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eld=Patient | | 6 | **marry** | past · passive | | princesses *= princess* | | | day | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **choose** | past · passive | | the soldier | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the king's heir | | | | | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/49/) - next →: [The Fisherman and His Wife, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/1/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/)