--- title: Now it happened that the king of the land held a feast which was to… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Now it happened that the king of the land held a feast which was to last three days, and out of those who came to it his son was to choose a bride for himself; and Cinderella's two sisters were asked to come. Who acts: it, king, feast, son. 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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 (it, king, feast, son), 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:pg11027:15:135 # text = Now it happened that the king of the land held a feast which was to last three days, and out of those who came to it his son was to choose a bride for himself; and Cinderella's two sisters were asked to come. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 obl _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | past | the king of the land | a feast | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | a feast | a feast *not said here* | | | day | last *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | | | way | those | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme out that=Initial\_Location to it=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | King's son | | | | | for King; choose *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | Cinderella's two sisters | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cinderella's two sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/136/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)