--- title: When therefore the son had been proclaimed king, and the time of mou… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When therefore the son had been proclaimed king, and the time of mourning was over, he was forced to keep the promise which he had given his father, and caused the king’s daughter to be asked in marriage, and she was promised to him. Who acts: time, son. 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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 (time, son), 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:pg2591:50:8 # text = When therefore the son had been proclaimed king, and the time of mourning was over, he was forced to keep the promise which he had given his father, and caused the king’s daughter to be asked in marriage, and she was promised to him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 over over ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 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 33 iobj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proclaim** | past · perfect · passive | | the son | | | | therefore *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme king=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | past | the time of mourning | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **force** | past · passive | | son | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | the promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the promise | son's father | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient father=Theme | | 6 | **cause** | past | | | the king's daughter | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition daughter=Patient | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | marriage | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V» | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · passive | | news | son | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to he=Goal | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/9/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/50/)