--- title: Then the father started, trembling with fear and horror, and saw wha… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the father started, trembling with fear and horror, and saw what it was that he had bound himself to do; but as no gold was come, he made himself easy by thinking that it was only a joke that the dwarf was playing him, and that, at any rate, when the money came, he should see the bearer, and wo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/) / 12 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The King of the Golden Mountain, sentence 12 Then the father started, trembling with fear and horror, and saw what it was that he had bound himself to do; but as no gold was come, he made himself easy by thinking that it was only a joke that the dwarf was playing him, and that, at any rate, when the money came, he should see the bearer, and would not take it in. **Who acts:** father, gold, dwarf, money · **What happens:** start, tremble, see, bind, do, be · **To what, where:** father, joke, bearer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The King of the Golden Mountain. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, gold, dwarf, money), 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:pg2591:51:12 # text = Then the father started, trembling with fear and horror, and saw what it was that he had bound himself to do; but as no gold was come, he made himself easy by thinking that it was only a joke that the dwarf was playing him, and that, at any rate, when the money came, he should see the bearer, and would not take it in. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 come come ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 by by SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 acl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 56 det _ _ 56 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 when when SCONJ WRB _ 61 mark _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 conj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 bearer bearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 71 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 72 advmod _ _ 72 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 conj _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 in in ADP RP _ 72 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | the father | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **tremble** | gerund | the father *not said here* | | | | | with fear and horror | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the father *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **bind** | past · perfect · passive | | father | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | no gold | | | | | come *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | past | father | father | | | | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | gold | a joke | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **play** | past · progressive | the dwarf | father | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **come** | past | the money | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **see** | should | dwarf | the bearer | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bearer=Stimulus | | 13 | **not** **take in** | would | dwarf *not said here* | bearer | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/13/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)