--- title: His sons were very much grieved at their father’s sickness; and as t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His sons were very much grieved at their father’s sickness; and as they were walking together very mournfully in the garden of the palace, a little old man met them and asked what was the matter. Who acts: sons, little old man. 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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 (sons, little old man), 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:pg2591:49:3 # text = His sons were very much grieved at their father’s sickness; and as they were walking together very mournfully in the garden of the palace, a little old man met them and asked what was the matter. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 18 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 mournfully mournfully ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past · passive | | king's sons | | sons's father's sickness | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **walk** | past · progressive | sons *= son* | | | the garden of the palace | | mournfully, together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory | | 3 | **meet** | past | a little old man | sons *= son* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | a little old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/4/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)