--- title: The prince knew nothing of what was going on, till one day, when the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince knew nothing of what was going on, till one day, when the king’s chief huntsmen went a-hunting with him, and they were alone in the wood together, the huntsman looked so sorrowful that the prince said, ‘My friend, what is the matter with you?’ Who acts: prince, chief huntsmen, huntsmen, h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/61/) [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/) / 61 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 61 The prince knew nothing of what was going on, till one day, when the king’s chief huntsmen went a-hunting with him, and they were alone in the wood together, the huntsman looked so sorrowful that the prince said, ‘My friend, what is the matter with you?’ **Who acts:** prince, chief huntsmen, huntsmen, huntsman, friend · **What happens:** know, go on, go, hunt, be, look · **To what, where:** nothing, wood, matter · **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 (prince, chief huntsmen, huntsmen, huntsman), 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:pg2591:49:61 # text = The prince knew nothing of what was going on, till one day, when the king’s chief huntsmen went a-hunting with him, and they were alone in the wood together, the huntsman looked so sorrowful that the prince said, ‘My friend, what is the matter with you?’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 on on ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 till till ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 alone alone ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 huntsman huntsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 54 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ? ? PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the prince | nothing | | | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 2 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | | day | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | the king's chief huntsmen | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hunt** | gerund | the king's chief huntsmen *not said here* | | | | | with king | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | the wood | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | past | the huntsman | | | | | sorrowful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | present | My friend | the matter | | | | with you | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/62/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)