--- title: But when he came to the gate, the guards, who had seen the road he t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when he came to the gate, the guards, who had seen the road he took, said to him, he could not be what he said he was, and must go about his business. Who acts: brother, guards. 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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, guards), 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:pg2591:49:75 # text = But when he came to the gate, the guards, who had seen the road he took, said to him, he could not be what he said he was, and must go about his business. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | brother | the guards | | the gate | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect | the guards | the road | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | past | brother | the road *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | brother | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **can** | could | brother | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brother | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | must · past | brother | | | | | about brother's business; go *property* | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/76/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)