--- title: When he found himself safe, he was overjoyed to think that he had go… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he found himself safe, he was overjoyed to think that he had got the Water of Life; and as he was going on his way homewards, he passed by the little dwarf, who, when he saw the sword and the loaf, said, ‘You have made a noble prize; with the sword you can at a blow slay whole armies, and the b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/41/) [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/) / 41 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 41 When he found himself safe, he was overjoyed to think that he had got the Water of Life; and as he was going on his way homewards, he passed by the little dwarf, who, when he saw the sword and the loaf, said, ‘You have made a noble prize; with the sword you can at a blow slay whole armies, and the bread will never fail you.’ **Who acts:** door, little dwarf, You, bread · **What happens:** find, overjoy, think, get, go, pass · **To what, where:** door, Water, way homewards, sword, noble prize, whole armies · **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 (door, little dwarf, You, bread), 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:pg2591:49:41 # text = When he found himself safe, he was overjoyed to think that he had got the Water of Life; and as he was going on his way homewards, he passed by the little dwarf, who, when he saw the sword and the loaf, said, ‘You have made a noble prize; with the sword you can at a blow slay whole armies, and the bread will never fail you.’ 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 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 homewards homeward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 ccomp _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 at at ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 67 slay slay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 68 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 74 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 75 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 76 advmod _ _ 76 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 conj _ _ 77 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 76 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | door | door | | | | safe *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | door | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **get** | past · perfect | door | the Water of Life | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | door | | | door's way homewards | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on homeward=Location | | 6 | **pass** | past | door | | | | | by the little dwarf | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by dwarf=Location | | 7 | **see** | past | the little dwarf | the sword and the loaf | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little dwarf *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **make** | present · perfect | You | a noble prize | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Product | | 10 | **slay** | present | | whole armies | | | | with the sword at a blow | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent army=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 11 | **not** **fail** | future | the bread | you | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/42/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)