--- title: He soon came to the seashore; and the water was quite black and mudd… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He soon came to the seashore; and the water was quite black and muddy, and a mighty whirlwind blew over the waves and rolled them about, but he went as near as he could to the water’s brink, and said: Who acts: fish, water, mighty whirlwind. 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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 (fish, water, mighty whirlwind), 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:pg2591:11:68 # text = He soon came to the seashore; and the water was quite black and muddy, and a mighty whirlwind blew over the waves and rolled them about, but he went as near as he could to the water’s brink, and said: 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 seashore seashore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 quite quite ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 whirlwind whirlwind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 about about ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 as as ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 near near ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 brink brink NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | fish | | | the seashore | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to seashore=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the water | | | | | black *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the water *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **blow** | past | a mighty whirlwind | | | the waves | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **roll** | past | a mighty whirlwind *not said here* | waves *= wave* | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Agent | | 6 | **go** | past | fish | | | | | near *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/69/) - ↑ back to [The Fisherman and His Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/11/)