--- title: The King comforted her by saying, "This night leave your chamber-doo… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The King comforted her by saying, "This night leave your chamber-door open: my servants shall stand outside, and when he is asleep they shall come in, bind him, and carry him away to a ship, which shall take him out into the wide world." Who acts: King, servants. 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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, servants), 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:pg11027:13:120 # text = The King comforted her by saying, "This night leave your chamber-door open: my servants shall stand outside, and when he is asleep they shall come in, bind him, and carry him away to a ship, which shall take him out into the wide world." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 22 outside outside ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 32 in in ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comfort** | past | the King | Queen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your chamber door | | | night | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | shall | my servants | | | | | outside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | King | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come in** *in a quote* | shall | servants *= servant* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bind** *in a quote* | infinitive | my servants *not said here* | King | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **carry** *in a quote* | infinitive | | King | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **take out** *in a quote* | shall | | King | | the wide world | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/121/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)