--- title: When he saw that it was impossible to reach her, he was greatly grie… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw that it was impossible to reach her, he was greatly grieved, and said to himself, ‘I will remain here and wait for her,’ so he built himself a little hut, and there he sat and watched for a whole year, and every day he saw the king’s daughter driving round her castle, but still was unabl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/72/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/) / 72 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Raven, sentence 72 When he saw that it was impossible to reach her, he was greatly grieved, and said to himself, ‘I will remain here and wait for her,’ so he built himself a little hut, and there he sat and watched for a whole year, and every day he saw the king’s daughter driving round her castle, but still was unable to get nearer to her. **Who acts:** castle, I, daughter · **What happens:** see, be, reach, grieve, say, remain · **To what, where:** Stromberg, castle, daughter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Raven. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (castle, I, daughter), 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:pg2591:47:72 # text = When he saw that it was impossible to reach her, he was greatly grieved, and said to himself, ‘I will remain here and wait for her,’ so he built himself a little hut, and there he sat and watched for a whole year, and every day he saw the king’s daughter driving round her castle, but still was unable to get nearer to her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 expl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 csubj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 26 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl:unmarked _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’s 's PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 60 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 61 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 acl _ _ 62 round round ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 66 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 67 still still ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 69 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ _ 72 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 71 xcomp _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | castle | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | | Stromberg | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **grieve** | past · passive | | castle | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | castle | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 6 | **remain** | future | I | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wait** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for Stromberg | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **build** | past | castle | castle | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset himself=Beneficiary hut=Product | | 9 | **sit** | past | castle | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **watch** | past | castle *not said here* | | | | year | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **see** | past | castle | the king's daughter | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | | 12 | **drive** | gerund | the king's daughter *not said here* | | | Stromberg's castle | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round castle=Trajectory | | 13 | **is** | past | castle *not said here* | | | | still | unable *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **get** | to-infinitive | castle *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/73/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)