--- title: So he set out and followed the same road which his brother had done,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he set out and followed the same road which his brother had done, and met with the same elf, who stopped him at the same spot in the mountains, saying, as before, ‘Prince, prince, whither so fast?’ Who acts: king, brother, same elf. 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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 (king, brother, same elf), 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:pg2591:49:18 # text = So he set out and followed the same road which his brother had done, and met with the same elf, who stopped him at the same spot in the mountains, saying, as before, ‘Prince, prince, whither so fast?’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 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 _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 before before ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | king | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | past | king *not said here* | the same road | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | king's brother | the same road | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 4 | **meet** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | with the same elf; fast *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with elf=Co-Agent | | 5 | **stop** | past | the same elf | king | | the same spot | | in the mountains | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector he=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | king *not said here* | Prince | | | | before *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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/19/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)