--- title: So our poor wanderer went forth, and found all as the night-wind had… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So our poor wanderer went forth, and found all as the night-wind had said; and she plucked the eleventh rod, and smote the dragon, and the lion forthwith became a prince, and the dragon a princess again. Who acts: poor wanderer, wanderer, lion, dragon. 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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 (poor wanderer, wanderer, lion, dragon), 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:pg2591:44:51 # text = So our poor wanderer went forth, and found all as the night-wind had said; and she plucked the eleventh rod, and smote the dragon, and the lion forthwith became a prince, and the dragon a princess again. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 forth forth ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 eleventh eleventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 smote smote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 forthwith forthwith ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | our poor wanderer | | | | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | our poor wanderer *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the night wind | | | | all *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **pluck** | past | wanderer | the eleventh rod | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Patient | | 5 | **smote** | infinitive | wanderer *not said here* | the dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **become** | past | the lion | a prince | | | | forthwith *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **princess** | | the dragon | | | | again | | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/52/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)