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title: And the king then gave to each half a kingdom, as he had said; and t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And the king then gave to each half a kingdom, as he had said; and they lived very happily the rest of their days, and took good care of their father; and somebody took better care of the young lady, than to let either the dragon or one of the craftsmen have her again. Who acts: king, brothers, some
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Four Clever Brothers, sentence 56

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And the king then gave to each half a kingdom, as he had said; and they lived very happily the rest of their days, and took good care of their father; and somebody took better care of the young lady, than to let either the dragon or one of the craftsmen have her again.

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**Who acts:** king, brothers, somebody, dragon, father, young lady · **What happens:** give, say, live, take, let, have · **To what, where:** kingdom, rest, good care, better care, lady · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Four Clever Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, brothers, somebody, dragon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:43:56
# text = And the king then gave to each half a kingdom, as he had said; and they lived very happily the rest of their days, and took good care of their father; and somebody took better care of the young lady, than to let either the dragon or one of the craftsmen have her again.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
8	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	very	very	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
30	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	38	nsubj	_	_
38	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
39	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	40	amod	_	_
40	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	38	parataxis	_	_
49	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc:preconj	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
52	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	51	conj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	craftsmen	craftsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	_
57	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	parataxis	_	_
58	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	again	again	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the king | half kingdom |  |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live** | past | brothers *= brother* | the rest of brothers's days |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme rest=Location |
| 4 | **take** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | good care of brothers's father |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme |
| 5 | **take** | past | somebody | better care of the young lady |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme |
| 6 | **let** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **have** | present | the dragon | lady |  |  | again |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 8 | **care** |  | brothers's father |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 9 | **care** |  | the young lady |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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