--- title: Then the eldest son said, ‘I will soon find it’: and he went to the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the eldest son said, ‘I will soon find it’: and he went to the sick king, and begged that he might go in search of the Water of Life, as it was the only thing that could save him. Who acts: eldest son, I, man, draught. 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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 (eldest son, I, man, draught), 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:pg2591:49:7 # text = Then the eldest son said, ‘I will soon find it’: and he went to the sick king, and begged that he might go in search of the Water of Life, as it was the only thing that could save him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eldest son | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** | future | I | draught | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **go** | past | man | | | | | to the sick king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the eldest son *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | might | man | | | search of the Water of Life | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in search=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | draught | | | | | as the only thing | tree rules | | 7 | **save** | could | the only thing | man | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **search** | | | the Water of Life | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/8/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)