--- title: He told, too, how he had heard from his grandfather that many, many… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He told, too, how he had heard from his grandfather that many, many princes had come, and had tried to break through the thicket, but that they had all stuck fast in it, and died. Who acts: palace, many many princes, princes. 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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 (palace, many many princes, princes), 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:pg2591:8:30 # text = He told, too, how he had heard from his grandfather that many, many princes had come, and had tried to break through the thicket, but that they had all stuck fast in it, and died. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 all all ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 36 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | palace | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | past · perfect | palace | | | | | from palace's grandfather | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from grandfather=Source | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | many many princes | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **try** | past · perfect | palace *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | palace *not said here* | | | the thicket | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through thicket=Location | | 6 | **stick** | past · perfect | princes *= prince* | | | thicket | | all, fast *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in it=Destination | | 7 | **die** | past | palace *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/31/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/)