--- title: Meantime little Heinel grew up, and as the end of the twelve years d… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Meantime little Heinel grew up, and as the end of the twelve years drew near the merchant began to call to mind his bond, and became very sad and thoughtful; so that care and sorrow were written upon his face. Who acts: Meantime little Heinel, merchant. 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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 (Meantime little Heinel, merchant), 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:pg2591:51:15 # text = Meantime little Heinel grew up, and as the end of the twelve years drew near the merchant began to call to mind his bond, and became very sad and thoughtful; so that care and sorrow were written upon his face. 1 Meantime meantime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Heinel Heinel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 near near ADP IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 bond bond NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past | Meantime little Heinel | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | Meantime little Heinel *not said here* | | | | as the end of the twelve years | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as end=Attribute | | 3 | **begin** | past | the merchant | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **call** | to-infinitive | the merchant *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **mind** | to-infinitive | the merchant *not said here* | merchant's bond | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bond=Theme | | 6 | **become** | past | Meantime little Heinel *not said here* | | | | | sad *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **write** | past · passive | | that care and sorrow | | | | upon merchant's face | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **bond** | | merchant | | | | | | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/16/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)