--- title: Then he took leave of his father, and set himself in the boat, but b… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he took leave of his father, and set himself in the boat, but before it got far off a wave struck it, and it fell with one side low in the water, so the merchant thought that poor Heinel was lost, and went home very sorrowful, while the dwarf went his way, thinking that at any rate he had had h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/33/) [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/) / 33 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The King of the Golden Mountain, sentence 33 Then he took leave of his father, and set himself in the boat, but before it got far off a wave struck it, and it fell with one side low in the water, so the merchant thought that poor Heinel was lost, and went home very sorrowful, while the dwarf went his way, thinking that at any rate he had had his revenge. **Who acts:** father, boat, wave, merchant, dwarf, Heinel · **What happens:** take, set, get, strike, fall, think · **To what, where:** leave, father, boat, wave, poor Heinel, way · **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, boat, wave, 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:pg2591:51:33 # text = Then he took leave of his father, and set himself in the boat, but before it got far off a wave struck it, and it fell with one side low in the water, so the merchant thought that poor Heinel was lost, and went home very sorrowful, while the dwarf went his way, thinking that at any rate he had had his revenge. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 before before SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 21 off off ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Heinel Heinel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 home home ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 while while SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 nsubj _ _ 57 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 65 det _ _ 65 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 61 ccomp _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | father | leave of father's father | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **set** | past | father *not said here* | father | | the boat | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in boat=Destination | | 3 | **get** | past | boat | | | a wave | | far *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme off wave=Destination | | 4 | **strike** | participle | a wave *not said here* | boat | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **fall** | past | boat | | | | | with one side; low *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the merchant | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **lose** | past · passive | | poor Heinel | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **go** | past | father *not said here* | | | | | home, sorrowful *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **go** | past | the dwarf | Heinel's way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the dwarf *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **have** | past · perfect | Heinel | Heinel's revenge | | any rate | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Patient | | 12 | **revenge** | | Heinel | | | | | | nom revenge «act 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/34/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)