--- title: And the old king was very angry, and wanted to punish his wicked son… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the old king was very angry, and wanted to punish his wicked sons; but they made their escape, and got into a ship and sailed away over the wide sea, and where they went to nobody knew and nobody cared. Who acts: old king, sons, nobody. 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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 (old king, sons, nobody), 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:pg2591:49:83 # text = And the old king was very angry, and wanted to punish his wicked sons; but they made their escape, and got into a ship and sailed away over the wide sea, and where they went to nobody knew and nobody cared. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 nsubj _ _ 42 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 45 nsubj _ _ 45 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the old king | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **punish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | forest's wicked sons | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 4 | **make** | past | sons *= son* | sons's escape | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset escape=Product | | 5 | **get** | past | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | a ship | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into ship=Destination | | 6 | **sail away** | past | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | the wide sea | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=Trajectory | | 7 | **go** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **know** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **care** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **escape** | | sons *= son* | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/84/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)