--- title: The king looked at her and did not know her, but as they were such h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king looked at her and did not know her, but as they were such handsome fellows, he said: ‘Yes,’ and that he would willingly take them, and now they were the king’s twelve huntsmen. Who acts: king, huntsmen. 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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 (king, huntsmen), 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:pg2591:50:17 # text = The king looked at her and did not know her, but as they were such handsome fellows, he said: ‘Yes,’ and that he would willingly take them, and now they were the king’s twelve huntsmen. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 32 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the king | | | | | at desire | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the king *not said here* | desire | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | | | as such handsome fellows | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** | would | king | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | | willingly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | | now | 's the king | tree rules | | 7 | **huntsman** | | the king | | | | | | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/18/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/)