--- title: Then the king put in a word, and said, ‘Each of you is right; and as… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king put in a word, and said, ‘Each of you is right; and as all cannot have the young lady, the best way is for neither of you to have her: for the truth is, there is somebody she likes a great deal better. Who acts: king, Each, somebody, princess. 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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, Each, somebody, princess), 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:pg2591:43:53 # text = Then the king put in a word, and said, ‘Each of you is right; and as all cannot have the young lady, the best way is for neither of you to have her: for the truth is, there is somebody she likes a great deal better. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 obl _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 parataxis _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 44 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 47 expl _ _ 47 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 48 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 47 nsubj _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 53 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | participle | the king | | | a word | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in word=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | Each | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **have** | can | | the young lady | | | | as all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient | | 5 | **have** | to-infinitive | | princess | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **be** | present | the king *not said here* | | | | | for the truth | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | present | somebody | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **like** | present | princess | a great deal | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot deal=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/54/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)