--- title: When the king saw the blood on her apron, he believed this, fell int… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the king saw the blood on her apron, he believed this, fell into such a passion that he ordered a high tower to be built, in which neither sun nor moon could be seen and had his wife put into it, and walled up. Who acts: king, wife. 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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, wife), 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:pg2591:31:9 # text = When the king saw the blood on her apron, he believed this, fell into such a passion that he ordered a high tower to be built, in which neither sun nor moon could be seen and had his wife put into it, and walled up. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 19 det:predet _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 32 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 35 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 walled wall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the king | the blood | | angel's apron | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus | | 2 | **believe** | past | king | this | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **fall** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | into such passion *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into passion=Result | | 4 | **order** | past | king | a high tower | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme | | 5 | **build** | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* | a high tower *not said here* | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V» | | 6 | **see** | could · passive | | neither sun nor moon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **put** | past | king's wife | | | blood | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **wall up** | participle | king *not said here* | | | | | | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/10/) - ↑ back to [The Pink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/)