--- title: The old king was still very angry with his youngest son, and thought… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old king was still very angry with his youngest son, and thought that he really meant to have taken away his life; so he called his court together, and asked what should be done, and all agreed that he ought to be put to death. Who acts: old king, king, Life. 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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 (old king, king, Life), 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:pg2591:49:60 # text = The old king was still very angry with his youngest son, and thought that he really meant to have taken away his life; so he called his court together, and asked what should be done, and all agreed that he ought to be put to death. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 together together ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ _ 42 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the old king | | | | still | with king's youngest son; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the old king *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | past | king | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · perfect | | king's life | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 5 | **call** | past | Life | Life's court | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Recipient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Life *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** | should · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality | | 8 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **put** | ought · passive | | Life | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/61/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)