--- title: When they came to the sea, they got into a ship and during their voy… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When they came to the sea, they got into a ship and during their voyage the two eldest said to themselves, ‘Our brother has got the water which we could not find, therefore our father will forsake us and give him the kingdom, which is our right’; so they were full of envy and revenge, and agreed tog --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/50/) [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/) / 50 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 50 When they came to the sea, they got into a ship and during their voyage the two eldest said to themselves, ‘Our brother has got the water which we could not find, therefore our father will forsake us and give him the kingdom, which is our right’; so they were full of envy and revenge, and agreed together how they could ruin him. **Who acts:** armies, brother, we, father, kingdom · **What happens:** come, get, say, not find, forsake, give · **To what, where:** sea, ship, armies, water, us, 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 (armies, brother, we, father), 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:pg2591:49:50 # text = When they came to the sea, they got into a ship and during their voyage the two eldest said to themselves, ‘Our brother has got the water which we could not find, therefore our father will forsake us and give him the kingdom, which is our right’; so they were full of envy and revenge, and agreed together how they could ruin him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 14 during during ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 appos _ _ 19 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 nmod _ _ 20 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 conj _ _ 66 together together ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 67 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 70 advmod _ _ 68 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 ruin ruin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 71 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | armies *= army* | | | the sea | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sea=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **get** | past | armies *= army* | | | a ship | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into ship=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | armies *= army* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to themselves=Recipient | | 4 | **get** | present · perfect | Our brother | the water | | | during armies's voyage | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **find** | could | we | the water | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 6 | **forsake** | future | our father | us | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | infinitive | our father *not said here* | the kingdom | father | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kingdom=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | the kingdom | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | armies *= army* | | | | | of envy and revenge; full *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | armies *= army* *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **ruin** *not said to happen* | could | armies *= army* | father | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 12 | **voyage** | | armies *= army* | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/51/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)