--- title: He said to him: ‘Dear son, I wished to see you once again before my… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He said to him: ‘Dear son, I wished to see you once again before my end, promise me to marry as I wish,’ and he named a certain king’s daughter who was to be his wife. Who acts: son, I, daughter. 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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 (son, I, daughter), 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:pg2591:50:6 # text = He said to him: ‘Dear son, I wished to see you once again before my end, promise me to marry as I wish,’ and he named a certain king’s daughter who was to be his wife. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 advmod _ _ 16 again again ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son | | father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **wish** | past | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | | you | | | before my end; again | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **name** | past | son | a certain king's daughter | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | a certain king's daughter | son's wife | | | | | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/7/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/)