--- title: As he came before the palace and saw the golden road, he stopped to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As he came before the palace and saw the golden road, he stopped to look at it, and he thought to himself, ‘It is a pity to ride upon this beautiful road’; so he turned aside and rode on the right-hand side of it. Who acts: brother, road. 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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 (brother, road), 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:pg2591:49:74 # text = As he came before the palace and saw the golden road, he stopped to look at it, and he thought to himself, ‘It is a pity to ride upon this beautiful road’; so he turned aside and rode on the right-hand side of it. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 42 aside aside ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | brother | | | the palace | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before palace=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | brother *not said here* | the golden road | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus | | 3 | **stop** | past | brother | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | at road | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | brother | | brother | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | road | a pity | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ride** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | upon this beautiful road | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **turn** | past | brother | | | | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **ride** | past | brother *not said here* | | | the hand side of road | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/75/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)