--- title: When he came to his father’s house, he said he was his son; but the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he came to his father’s house, he said he was his son; but the merchant would not believe him, and said he had had but one son, his poor Heinel, who he knew was long since dead: and as he was only dressed like a poor shepherd, he would not even give him anything to eat. Who acts: Heinel, mercha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/54/) [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/) / 54 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The King of the Golden Mountain, sentence 54 When he came to his father’s house, he said he was his son; but the merchant would not believe him, and said he had had but one son, his poor Heinel, who he knew was long since dead: and as he was only dressed like a poor shepherd, he would not even give him anything to eat. **Who acts:** Heinel, merchant, poor Heinel · **What happens:** come, say, be, not believe, have, know · **To what, where:** house, son, Heinel, anything, shepherd · **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 (Heinel, merchant, poor Heinel), 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:pg2591:51:54 # text = When he came to his father’s house, he said he was his son; but the merchant would not believe him, and said he had had but one son, his poor Heinel, who he knew was long since dead: and as he was only dressed like a poor shepherd, he would not even give him anything to eat. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Heinel Heinel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 43 since since ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 50 only only ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 advcl _ _ 52 like like ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 58 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 60 even even ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 iobj _ _ 63 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 61 obj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Heinel | | | Heinel's father's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Heinel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | Heinel | Heinel's son | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **believe** | would | the merchant | Heinel | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past · perfect | Heinel | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** | past | Heinel | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | Heinel's poor Heinel | | | | | dead, long *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **dress** | past · passive | | Heinel | | | | like a poor shepherd | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **not** **give** | would | Heinel | anything | shepherd | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Theme | | 11 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Heinel *not said here* | anything *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/55/) - ↑ back to [The King of the Golden Mountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/51/)