--- title: The servant could now easily prove his innocence; and the king, to m… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The servant could now easily prove his innocence; and the king, to make amends for the wrong, allowed him to ask a favour, and promised him the best place in the court that he could wish for. Who acts: servant, king. 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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 (servant, king), 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:pg2591:34:21 # text = The servant could now easily prove his innocence; and the king, to make amends for the wrong, allowed him to ask a favour, and promised him the best place in the court that he could wish for. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 5 easily easily ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 innocence innocence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | could | the servant | king's innocence | | | now | easily *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Theme | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the king | amends | | | | for the wrong | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for wrong=Asset | | 3 | **allow** | past | the servant *not said here* | | king | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the servant *not said here* | a favour | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent favour=Recipient | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the servant *not said here* | the best place | king | the court | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** | could | king | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/22/) - ↑ back to [The White Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/)