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title: So he journeyed on, thinking of her all the way, and rode so quickly… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: So he journeyed on, thinking of her all the way, and rode so quickly that he did not even see what the road was made of, but went with his horse straight over it; and as he came to the gate it flew open, and the princess welcomed him with joy, and said he was her deliverer, and should now be her hus
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 80

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So he journeyed on, thinking of her all the way, and rode so quickly that he did not even see what the road was made of, but went with his horse straight over it; and as he came to the gate it flew open, and the princess welcomed him with joy, and said he was her deliverer, and should now be her husband and lord of the kingdom.

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**Who acts:** forest, road, princess · **What happens:** journey, think, ride, not see, make, go · **To what, where:** way, road, gate, forest, deliverer, husband · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (forest, road, princess), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:49:80
# text = So he journeyed on, thinking of her all the way, and rode so quickly that he did not even see what the road was made of, but went with his horse straight over it; and as he came to the gate it flew open, and the princess welcomed him with joy, and said he was her deliverer, and should now be her husband and lord of the kingdom.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	journeyed	journey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
21	even	even	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
36	over	over	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
48	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
53	welcomed	welcome	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	_	_
54	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
61	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
62	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	deliverer	deliverer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
66	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
67	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	70	advmod	_	_
68	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	cop	_	_
69	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
72	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	conj	_	_
73	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** | past | forest |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | forest *not said here* | all way |  |  |  | of bride | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ride** | past | forest *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | forest |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 5 | **make** | past · passive |  | the road |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 6 | **go** | past | forest *not said here* |  |  | road |  | with forest's horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over it=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **come** | past | forest |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **fly** | past | road | the gate *not said here* |  |  |  | open *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme |
| 9 | **welcome** | past | the princess | forest |  |  |  | with joy | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | forest *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **is a** | past | forest | bride's deliverer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **is a** | should |  | bride's husband and lord of the kingdom |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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