--- title: Time passed on again, and the youngest son too wished to set out int… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Time passed on again, and the youngest son too wished to set out into the wide world to seek for the golden bird; but his father would not listen to it for a long while, for he was very fond of his son, and was afraid that some ill luck might happen to him also, and prevent his coming back. 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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 (youngest son, father, son, ill luck), 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:pg2591:2:20 # text = Time passed on again, and the youngest son too wished to set out into the wide world to seek for the golden bird; but his father would not listen to it for a long while, for he was very fond of his son, and was afraid that some ill luck might happen to him also, and prevent his coming back. 1 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 parataxis _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 52 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 53 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 59 also also ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 xcomp _ _ 65 back back ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass on** | participle | | | | | again; time | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wish** | past | the youngest son | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **set out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the youngest son *not said here* | | | the wide world | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the youngest son *not said here* | | | | | for the golden bird | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for bird=Theme | | 5 | **not** **listen** | would | son's father | | bird | | while | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to it=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | son | | | | | of son's son; fond *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | son *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **happen** | might | some ill luck | | son | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **prevent** | infinitive | son's father *not said here* | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **come back** | gerund | son | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/21/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)