--- title: Thus from being a rich man he became all at once so very poor that n… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thus from being a rich man he became all at once so very poor that nothing was left to him but one small plot of land; and there he often went in an evening to take his walk, and ease his mind of a little of his trouble. Who acts: news. 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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 (news), 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:pg2591:51:3 # text = Thus from being a rich man he became all at once so very poor that nothing was left to him but one small plot of land; and there he often went in an evening to take his walk, and ease his mind of a little of his trouble. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 all all ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 plot plot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 often often ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 ease ease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | from a rich man | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | past | news | | | | | once, poor, thus *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | past · passive | | nothing | news | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient | | 4 | **go** | past | news | | | there | evening | often *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | news's walk | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme | | 6 | **ease** | infinitive | news *not said here* | news's mind of a little of news's trouble | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 7 | **plot** | | | land | | | | | nom plot «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **walk** | | news | | | | | | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **mind** | | news | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **trouble** | | news | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/4/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)