--- title: ‘I am a king’s son,’ he said, ‘and I was bewitched by that wicked dw… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I am a king’s son,’ he said, ‘and I was bewitched by that wicked dwarf, who had stolen my treasures; I have had to run about the forest as a savage bear until I was freed by his death. Who acts: I, bear, wicked dwarf, death. 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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 (I, bear, wicked dwarf, death), 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:pg2591:60:97 # text = ‘I am a king’s son,’ he said, ‘and I was bewitched by that wicked dwarf, who had stolen my treasures; I have had to run about the forest as a savage bear until I was freed by his death. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ‘ INTJ UH _ 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 bewitched bewitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | I | a king's son | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bear | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ‘=Topic | | 3 | **bewitch** | past · passive | that wicked dwarf | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **steal** | past · perfect | that wicked dwarf | my treasures | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location treasure=Theme | | 5 | **have** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | about the forest; as a savage bear | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about forest=Trajectory | | 7 | **free** | past · passive | bear's death | I | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source | | 8 | **treasure** | | my | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **die** | | bear | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/98/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/)