--- title: The king was greatly delighted to see all this glittering treasure;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king was greatly delighted to see all this glittering treasure; but still he had not enough: so he took the miller’s daughter to a yet larger heap, and said, ‘All this must be spun tonight; and if it is, you shall be my queen.’ Who acts: king, treasure, you. 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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, treasure, you), 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:pg2591:25:128 # text = The king was greatly delighted to see all this glittering treasure; but still he had not enough: so he took the miller’s daughter to a yet larger heap, and said, ‘All this must be spun tonight; and if it is, you shall be my queen.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 yet yet ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 31 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 42 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | delighted, greatly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | all glittering treasure | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treasure=Stimulus | | 3 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **be** | past | king | | | | still | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | king | the miller's daughter | | a larger heap | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to heap=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **spin** | must · passive | | this | | | tonight | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | treasure | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | shall | you | my queen | | | | | 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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/129/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)