--- title: When the second prince had thus been gone a long time, the youngest… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the second prince had thus been gone a long time, the youngest son said he would go and search for the Water of Life, and trusted he should soon be able to make his father well again. Who acts: youngest son, prince. 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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 (youngest son, prince), 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:pg2591:49:22 # text = When the second prince had thus been gone a long time, the youngest son said he would go and search for the Water of Life, and trusted he should soon be able to make his father well again. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect · passive | | the second prince | | | | thus *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the youngest son | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | would | prince | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **search** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | for the Water of Life | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for water=Theme | | 5 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | should | prince | | | | | able, soon *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | prince's father | | | again | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset father=Product | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/23/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)