--- title: He sent a messenger to the other bride, and entreated her to return… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He sent a messenger to the other bride, and entreated her to return to her own kingdom, for he had a wife already, and someone who had just found an old key did not require a new one. Who acts: king, someone. 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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, someone), 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:pg2591:50:46 # text = He sent a messenger to the other bride, and entreated her to return to her own kingdom, for he had a wife already, and someone who had just found an old key did not require a new one. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 already already ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 28 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 nsubj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | king | a messenger | the other bride | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to bride=Destination | | 2 | **entreat** | past | king *not said here* | bride | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **return** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | to bride's own kingdom *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result | | 4 | **have** | past | king | a wife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 5 | **find** | past · perfect | | a old key | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic | | 6 | **not** **require** | past · do-support | someone | a new one | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Precondition | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/47/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/)