--- title: She inquired of the gardener where his boy was, but he smiled, and s… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She inquired of the gardener where his boy was, but he smiled, and said: ‘He has just come home on his three-legged horse, and the others have been mocking him, and crying: “Here comes our hobblety jib back again!” Who acts: daughter, king, others. 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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 (daughter, king, others), 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:pg2591:59:109 # text = She inquired of the gardener where his boy was, but he smiled, and said: ‘He has just come home on his three-legged horse, and the others have been mocking him, and crying: “Here comes our hobblety jib back again!” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 23 home home ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 26 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 legged legged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux _ _ 36 mocking mock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 45 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 hobblety hobblety ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 jib jib NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | daughter | | | | | of the gardener | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of gardener=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **smile** | past | king | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** | present | king | | | | | on king's legged horse; home *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Location | | 5 | **mock** | present · perfect · progressive | the others | king | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | our hobblety jib | | here | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location jib=Theme | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/110/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)