--- title: He gave the order that if the knight who caught the apple, should go… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He gave the order that if the knight who caught the apple, should go away again they should pursue him, and if he would not come back willingly, they were to cut him down and stab him. Who acts: king, knight, men. 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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 (king, knight, men), 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:pg2591:59:125 # text = He gave the order that if the knight who caught the apple, should go away again they should pursue him, and if he would not come back willingly, they were to cut him down and stab him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 advcl _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 stab stab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | king | the order | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past | the knight | the apple | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme | | 3 | **go away** | should | king *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pursue** | should | men *= man* | king | | | again | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **not** **come back** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | king | | | | | willingly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cut down** | past | men *= man* | king | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 7 | **stab** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | king | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/126/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)