--- title: Then he set out: and when he had gone on his way some time he came t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he set out: and when he had gone on his way some time he came to a deep valley, overhung with rocks and woods; and as he looked around, he saw standing above him on one of the rocks a little ugly dwarf, with a sugarloaf cap and a scarlet cloak; and the dwarf called to him and said, ‘Prince, whi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/11/) [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 Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/) / 11 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 11 Then he set out: and when he had gone on his way some time he came to a deep valley, overhung with rocks and woods; and as he looked around, he saw standing above him on one of the rocks a little ugly dwarf, with a sugarloaf cap and a scarlet cloak; and the dwarf called to him and said, ‘Prince, whither so fast?’ **Who acts:** prince, dwarf · **What happens:** set out, go, come, overhang, look around, see · **To what, where:** way, time, deep valley, dwarf, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Water of Life. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, dwarf), 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:pg2591:49:11 # text = Then he set out: and when he had gone on his way some time he came to a deep valley, overhung with rocks and woods; and as he looked around, he saw standing above him on one of the rocks a little ugly dwarf, with a sugarloaf cap and a scarlet cloak; and the dwarf called to him and said, ‘Prince, whither so fast?’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 overhung overhang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 around around ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 above above ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 sugarloaf sugarloaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 scarlet scarlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 62 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 acl _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 73 advmod _ _ 72 so so ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ? ? PUNCT . _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | prince | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | prince | | | prince's way | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 3 | **come** | past | prince | some time *not said here* | | | | to a deep valley | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 4 | **overhang** | participle | | a deep valley *not said here* | | | | with rocks and woods | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look around** | past | prince | | | | | around *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | past | prince | | | | | on one of the rocks; with a sugarloaf cap and a scarlet cloak | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **stand** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | above prince | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above he=Location | | 8 | **call** | participle | | the dwarf *not said here* | prince | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dwarf | | | | | fast *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/12/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)