--- title: ‘I will soon find out where she is, however,’ said the star-gazer, a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I will soon find out where she is, however,’ said the star-gazer, as he looked through his glass; and he soon cried out, ‘I see her afar off, sitting upon a rock in the sea, and I can spy the dragon close by, guarding her.’ Who acts: I, princess, 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 (I, princess, 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:pg2591:43:39 # text = ‘I will soon find out where she is, however,’ said the star-gazer, as he looked through his glass; and he soon cried out, ‘I see her afar off, sitting upon a rock in the sea, and I can spy the dragon close by, guarding her.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 however however ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 gazer gazer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 30 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 afar afar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 ccomp _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 advcl _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 spy spy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 guarding guard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | future | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | princess | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the star gazer | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gazer=Topic | | 4 | **look** | past | king | | | | | through king's glass | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through glass=Theme | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | king | | | | | soon *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **sit** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | the sea | | upon a rock | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon rock=Location | | 8 | **spy** | can | I | the dragon | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dragon=Stimulus | | 9 | **guard** | gerund | I *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/40/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)