--- title: And as he sat there, the king of the ants (whose life he had saved)… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And as he sat there, the king of the ants (whose life he had saved) came to help him, with five thousand ants; and it was not long before they had found all the pearls and laid them in a heap. Who acts: turn, king, job, kings. 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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 (turn, king, job, kings), 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:pg2591:36:20 # text = And as he sat there, the king of the ants (whose life he had saved) came to help him, with five thousand ants; and it was not long before they had found all the pearls and laid them in a heap. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 compound _ _ 26 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 34 before before SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | turn | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **save** | past · perfect | turn | the ants and the ants and life's life's life *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | the king of the ants and the ants and life's life | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | to-infinitive | the king of the ants and the ants and life's life *not said here* | | turn | | | with thousand ants | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary with ant=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | job | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect | kings *= king* | all pearls | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Topic | | 7 | **lay** | past | kings *= king* *not said here* | pearls *= pearl* | | a heap | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in heap=Destination | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/21/) - ↑ back to [The Queen Bee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/)