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title: Heinel agreed that his father must give him up, and that so far the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Heinel agreed that his father must give him up, and that so far the dwarf should have his way: but, on the other hand, the fairy had told Heinel what fortune was in store for him, if he followed his own course; and he did not choose to be given up to his hump-backed friend, who seemed so anxious for
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The King of the Golden Mountain, sentence 31

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Heinel agreed that his father must give him up, and that so far the dwarf should have his way: but, on the other hand, the fairy had told Heinel what fortune was in store for him, if he followed his own course; and he did not choose to be given up to his hump-backed friend, who seemed so anxious for his company.

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**Who acts:** Heinel, father, that, fortune, fairy, backed friend · **What happens:** agree, give up, have, tell, be, follow · **To what, where:** Heinel, way, fairy, other hand, store, own course · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Heinel, father, that, fortune), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:51:31
# text = Heinel agreed that his father must give him up, and that so far the dwarf should have his way: but, on the other hand, the fairy had told Heinel what fortune was in store for him, if he followed his own course; and he did not choose to be given up to his hump-backed friend, who seemed so anxious for his company.
1	Heinel	Heinel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
33	Heinel	Heinel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	iobj	_	_
34	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	33	obj	_	_
35	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	acl:relcl	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	advcl	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
46	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
51	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	53	advmod	_	_
53	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
55	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	xcomp	_	_
57	up	up	ADP	RP	_	56	compound:prt	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
60	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	63	amod	_	_
63	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	66	nsubj	_	_
66	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	acl:relcl	_	_
67	so	so	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	anxious	anxious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	xcomp	_	_
69	for	for	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
71	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Heinel |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give up** | must | Heinel's father |  | Heinel |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source |
| 3 | **have** | should | that | Heinel's way |  |  |  | far *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the fairy | Heinel | the other hand |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient heinel=Topic |
| 5 | **is** | past | fortune |  |  | store |  | for Heinel | tree rules |
| 6 | **follow** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | fairy | Heinel's own course |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **choose** | past · do-support | fairy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **give up** | to-infinitive · passive | Heinel's backed friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **back** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **seem** | past | Heinel's backed friend |  |  |  |  | anxious *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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