--- title: The son was in such trouble that he did not think what he was doing,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The son was in such trouble that he did not think what he was doing, and said: ‘Yes, dear father, your will shall be done,’ and thereupon the king shut his eyes, and died. Who acts: son, king. 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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, king), 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:pg2591:50:7 # text = The son was in such trouble that he did not think what he was doing, and said: ‘Yes, dear father, your will shall be done,’ and thereupon the king shut his eyes, and died. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 24 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the son | | | such trouble | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | son | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · progressive | son | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | shall · future · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **shut** | past | the king | son's eyes | | | | thereupon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **die** | past | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/8/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/)