--- title: And as he came near home, it was Lily, his youngest and dearest daug… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And as he came near home, it was Lily, his youngest and dearest daughter, that met him; she came running, and kissed him, and welcomed him home; and when she saw that he had brought her the rose, she was still more glad. Who acts: last, lion, Lily, rose. 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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 (last, lion, Lily, rose), 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:pg2591:44:15 # text = And as he came near home, it was Lily, his youngest and dearest daughter, that met him; she came running, and kissed him, and welcomed him home; and when she saw that he had brought her the rose, she was still more glad. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 5 near near ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 13 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 conj _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 welcomed welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 home home ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 still still ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 amod _ _ 51 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | last | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | lion | Lily and last's youngest daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | past | Lily and last's youngest daughter | last | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | Lily | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run** | gerund | Lily *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **kiss** | past | | last | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **welcome** | past | | last | | | | home *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **see** | past | Lily | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **bring** | past · perfect | last | the rose | Lily | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination rose=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | rose | | | | still | glad *property* | tree rules | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/16/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)