--- title: So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despai… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despair, when on a sudden his friend the fox met him, and said, ‘You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel. Who acts: king, fox, You, your. 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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, fox, You, your), 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:pg2591:2:31 # text = So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despair, when on a sudden his friend the fox met him, and said, ‘You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sighing sigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 nsubj _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 acl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | king | | | king's journey | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sigh** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **meet** | past | the fox | king | | great despair | | on king's sudden friend | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** | present | You | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **happen** | present · perfect | | | | account | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on account=Location | | 7 | **not** **listen** | gerund | your | account *not said here* | | | | to my counsel | tree rules | | 8 | **journey** | | king | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/32/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)