--- title: But the king made the most skilful workmen in his kingdom weave the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the king made the most skilful workmen in his kingdom weave the three dresses: one golden, like the sun; another silvery, like the moon; and a third sparkling, like the stars: and his hunters were told to hunt out all the beasts in his kingdom, and to take the finest fur out of their skins: and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/163/) [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/) / [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/) / 163 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 163 But the king made the most skilful workmen in his kingdom weave the three dresses: one golden, like the sun; another silvery, like the moon; and a third sparkling, like the stars: and his hunters were told to hunt out all the beasts in his kingdom, and to take the finest fur out of their skins: and thus a mantle of a thousand furs was made. **Who acts:** king, skilful workmen, hunters · **What happens:** make, weave, tell, hunt out, take · **To what, where:** skilful workmen, kingdom, three dresses, hunters, beasts, finest fur · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Iron Hans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, skilful workmen, hunters), 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:pg2591:59:163 # text = But the king made the most skilful workmen in his kingdom weave the three dresses: one golden, like the sun; another silvery, like the moon; and a third sparkling, like the stars: and his hunters were told to hunt out all the beasts in his kingdom, and to take the finest fur out of their skins: and thus a mantle of a thousand furs was made. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 weave weave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 silvery silvery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 34 sparkling sparkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 60 amod _ _ 60 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 out out ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 : : PUNCT : _ 75 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 67 thus thus ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 73 nummod _ _ 73 furs fur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod _ _ 74 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux:pass _ _ 75 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the king | the skilful workmen | | king's kingdom | | like the stars; a third sparkling *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **weave** | infinitive | the skilful workmen *not said here* | the three dresses | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Product | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | king's hunters | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **hunt out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king's hunters *not said here* | all beasts | | king's kingdom | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beast=Theme in kingdom=Location | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | | the finest fur | | hunters's skins | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent fur=Theme out skin=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **make** | past · passive | | a mantle of thousand furs | | | | thus *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/162/) - next →: [sentence 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/164/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)