--- title: So he left the palace and went to the boy, who was already big enoug… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he left the palace and went to the boy, who was already big enough to speak, and said to him: ‘Wish for a beautiful palace for yourself with a garden, and all else that pertains to it.’ Who acts: cook, boy, that. 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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 (cook, boy, that), 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:pg2591:31:13 # text = So he left the palace and went to the boy, who was already big enough to speak, and said to him: ‘Wish for a beautiful palace for yourself with a garden, and all else that pertains to it.’ 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 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 already already ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 16 enough enough ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 nmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 obj _ _ 39 else else ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 pertains pertain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | cook | the palace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | cook *not said here* | | | | | to the boy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to boy=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | past | the boy | | | | | big, enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cook *not said here* | | cook | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **pertain** | present | that | all | palace | | | | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/14/) - ↑ back to [The Pink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/)