--- title: Then she discovered in what state of life the young lord had been bo… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she discovered in what state of life the young lord had been born, and next morning complained of her wrongs to her father, and begged him to help her to get rid of her husband, who was nothing else but a tailor. Who acts: queen, state, next morning, husband. 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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 (queen, state, next morning, husband), 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:pg2591:19:135 # text = Then she discovered in what state of life the young lord had been born, and next morning complained of her wrongs to her father, and begged him to help her to get rid of her husband, who was nothing else but a tailor. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 complained complain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wrongs wrong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 38 appos _ _ 43 else else ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past | queen | | | what state of life | then | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | what state of life *not said here* | the young lord | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **complain** *speech: other* | past | next morning | | queen's father | | | of queen's wrongs | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to father=Recipient | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | queen *not said here* | | Boy | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **help** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | queen | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | queen's husband but a tailor | nothing | | | | else *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:** «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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/136/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)