--- title: The king took the gift very graciously, and said he knew not what to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king took the gift very graciously, and said he knew not what to give in return more valuable and wonderful than the great turnip; so the soldier was forced to put it into a cart, and drag it home with him. Who acts: king, soldier. 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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, soldier), 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:pg2591:39:17 # text = The king took the gift very graciously, and said he knew not what to give in return more valuable and wonderful than the great turnip; so the soldier was forced to put it into a cart, and drag it home with him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 graciously graciously ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 turnip turnip NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 drag drag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 home home ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the king | the gift | | | | graciously *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **know** | past | king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | | | | return | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 5 | **force** | past · passive | | the soldier | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **put** | to-infinitive | the soldier *not said here* | gift | | a cart | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 7 | **drag** | infinitive | | gift | | | | with king; home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/18/) - ↑ back to [The Turnip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/)