--- title: The first tablet said: ‘In the wood, under the moss, lie the thousan… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The first tablet said: ‘In the wood, under the moss, lie the thousand pearls belonging to the king’s daughter; they must all be found: and if one be missing by set of sun, he who seeks them will be turned into marble.’ Who acts: first tablet, thousand pearls, one, man. 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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 (first tablet, thousand pearls, one, man), 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:pg2591:36:16 # text = The first tablet said: ‘In the wood, under the moss, lie the thousand pearls belonging to the king’s daughter; they must all be found: and if one be missing by set of sun, he who seeks them will be turned into marble.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 In in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 15 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nsubj _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 seeks seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the first tablet | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | infinitive | | thousand pearls | | the wood and the moss | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pearl=Theme | | 3 | **belong** | gerund | thousand pearls *not said here* | | | | | to the king's daughter | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find** | must · passive | | tablets *= tablet* | | | | all *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | one | | | | | by set of sun; missing *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | present | man | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **turn** | future · passive | | tablets *= tablet* | | marble | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into marble=Trajectory | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/17/) - ↑ back to [The Queen Bee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/)