--- title: The next morning the court sat to judge him; and when all was heard,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning the court sat to judge him; and when all was heard, it sentenced him to die, unless he should bring the king the golden horse which could run as swiftly as the wind; and if he did this, he was to have the golden bird given him for his own. 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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 (court, bird, golden horse, golden bird), 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:pg2591:2:30 # text = The next morning the court sat to judge him; and when all was heard, it sentenced him to die, unless he should bring the king the golden horse which could run as swiftly as the wind; and if he did this, he was to have the golden bird given him for his own. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sentenced sentence VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 45 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the court | | | | morning | | tree rules | | 2 | **judge** | to-infinitive | the court *not said here* | court | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent he=Value | | 3 | **hear** | past · passive | | all | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **sentence** | past | bird | court | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **die** | to-infinitive | bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | court | the golden horse | the king | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent king=Destination horse=Theme | | 7 | **run** | could | the golden horse | | | | | as the wind; swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | court | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 9 | **have** | past | court | the golden bird | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient | | 10 | **give** | participle | the golden bird *not said here* | king | | | | for king's own | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme for own=Asset | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/31/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)