--- title: What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass; and the queen h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass; and the queen had a little girl, so very beautiful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy, and said he would hold a great feast and make merry, and show the child to all the land. Who acts: little fish, queen, king, he. 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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 (little fish, queen, king, he), 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:pg2591:8:5 # text = What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass; and the queen had a little girl, so very beautiful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy, and said he would hold a great feast and make merry, and show the child to all the land. 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 foretold foretell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 7 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 29 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 xcomp _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 45 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **foretell** | past · perfect | the little fish | | | | | soon *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | the queen | a little girl | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | | 5 | **not** **cease** | could | the king | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **look** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | | on fish; for joy | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Location for joy=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **hold** | would | he | a great feast | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | merry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 10 | **show** | infinitive | he *not said here* | the child | all land | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Topic to land=Recipient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/6/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/)