--- title: When it was ready and the soldier had taken possession of it, he sum… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When it was ready and the soldier had taken possession of it, he summoned the little black manikin and said: ‘I have served the king faithfully, but he has dismissed me, and left me to hunger, and now I want to take my revenge.’ Who acts: landlord, soldier, I, my. 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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 (landlord, soldier, I, my), 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:pg2591:46:40 # text = When it was ready and the soldier had taken possession of it, he summoned the little black manikin and said: ‘I have served the king faithfully, but he has dismissed me, and left me to hunger, and now I want to take my revenge.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 manikin manikin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 dismissed dismiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | landlord | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the soldier | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme possession=Destination | | 3 | **summon** | past | soldier | the little black manikin | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manikin=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | soldier *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **serve** | present · perfect | I | the king | | | | faithfully *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Attribute | | 6 | **dismiss** | present · perfect | soldier | me | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | past | soldier *not said here* | | me | | | to hunger | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to hunger=Recipient | | 8 | **want** | present | I | | | | now | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my revenge | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme | | 10 | **possess** | | | landlord | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **revenge** | | my | | | | | | nom revenge «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/41/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)