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title: So he was led out to the sea, and a gold ring was thrown into it, be… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: So he was led out to the sea, and a gold ring was thrown into it, before his eyes; then the king ordered him to fetch this ring up from the bottom of the sea, and added: ‘If you come up again without it you will be thrown in again and again until you perish amid the waves.’ Who acts: king, you. A se
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The White Snake, sentence 40

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So he was led out to the sea, and a gold ring was thrown into it, before his eyes; then the king ordered him to fetch this ring up from the bottom of the sea, and added: ‘If you come up again without it you will be thrown in again and again until you perish amid the waves.’

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**Who acts:** king, you · **What happens:** lead out, throw, order, fetch up, add, come up · **To what, where:** Many, sea, gold ring, ring, bottom, you

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The White Snake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:34:40
# text = So he was led out to the sea, and a gold ring was thrown into it, before his eyes; then the king ordered him to fetch this ring up from the bottom of the sea, and added: ‘If you come up again without it you will be thrown in again and again until you perish amid the waves.’
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	before	before	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
23	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	_
30	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
31	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	up	up	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
43	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	advcl	_	_
47	up	up	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
48	again	again	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
49	without	without	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj:pass	_	_
52	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	aux:pass	_	_
54	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	conj	_	_
55	in	in	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
56	again	again	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	again	again	ADV	RB	_	56	conj	_	_
59	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
60	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
61	perish	perish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	advcl	_	_
62	amid	amid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead out** | past · passive |  | Many |  | the sea |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination |
| 2 | **throw** | past · passive |  | a gold ring |  | sea | before Many's eyes |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into it=Result |
| 3 | **order** | past | the king |  | Many |  | then |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **fetch up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | this ring |  | the bottom of the sea |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from bottom=Source |
| 5 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **come up** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  | again | without ring | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **throw** | future · passive |  | you |  |  | again |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **perish** | present | you | amid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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