--- title: At length the Soldier asked the father if he would give him one of h… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: At length the Soldier asked the father if he would give him one of his daughters to wife, and immediately the two elder sisters arose, and ran to their chambers to dress themselves out in their most becoming clothes, for each thought she should be chosen. Who acts: Soldier, two elder sisters. 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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 (Soldier, two elder sisters), 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:pg11027:15:114 # text = At length the Soldier asked the father if he would give him one of his daughters to wife, and immediately the two elder sisters arose, and ran to their chambers to dress themselves out in their most becoming clothes, for each thought she should be chosen. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Soldier Soldier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 24 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 dress dress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 35 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 39 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 40 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Soldier | | the father | length | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | soldier | one of soldier's daughters | Father | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient one=Theme | | 3 | **arise** | past | the two elder sisters | | | | | immediately *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | the Soldier *not said here* | | | | | to daughters's chambers *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to chamber=Result | | 5 | **dress out** | to-infinitive | the Soldier *not said here* | daughters *= daughter* | | daughters's most becoming clothes and each thought | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 6 | **become** | gerund | | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **choose** | should · passive | | sister | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/115/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)