--- title: Their brother, however, was greatly rejoiced to see them, and told t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Their brother, however, was greatly rejoiced to see them, and told them all that had happened to him; how he had found the Water of Life, and had taken a cup full of it; and how he had set a beautiful princess free from a spell that bound her; and how she had engaged to wait a whole year, and then t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/45/) [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/) / 45 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 45 Their brother, however, was greatly rejoiced to see them, and told them all that had happened to him; how he had found the Water of Life, and had taken a cup full of it; and how he had set a beautiful princess free from a spell that bound her; and how she had engaged to wait a whole year, and then to marry him, and to give him the kingdom. **Who acts:** that, brother, spell, princess · **What happens:** rejoice, see, tell, happen, find, take · **To what, where:** brother, armies, Water, cup, princess, kingdom · **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 (that, brother, spell, princess), 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:pg2591:49:45 # text = Their brother, however, was greatly rejoiced to see them, and told them all that had happened to him; how he had found the Water of Life, and had taken a cup full of it; and how he had set a beautiful princess free from a spell that bound her; and how she had engaged to wait a whole year, and then to marry him, and to give him the kingdom. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 59 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 71 advmod _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 conj _ _ 72 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 conj _ _ 77 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 iobj _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | past · passive | | armies's brother | | | | greatly, however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | armies *= army* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | armies *= army* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | brother | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past · perfect | brother | the Water of Life | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 6 | **take** | past · perfect | | a cup | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | | 7 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | brother | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme princess=Destination | | 8 | **bind** | past | a spell | princess | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 9 | **engage** | past · perfect | princess | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 10 | **wait** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **marry** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | brother | | | then | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 12 | **give** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | the kingdom | brother | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kingdom=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/46/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)