--- title: The king's son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand and da… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The king's son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand and danced with her; and, when any one asked her to dance, he said as before, "This lady is dancing with me." Who acts: son, one, Father, lady. 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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 (son, one, Father, lady), 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:pg11027:15:162 # text = The king's son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand and danced with her; and, when any one asked her to dance, he said as before, "This lady is dancing with me." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 before before ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | the king's son | | | | | for CINDERELLA | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | the king's son | | CINDERELLA | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 3 | **dance** | past | the king's son *not said here* | | | | | with CINDERELLA | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | any one | | CINDERELLA | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Father | | | | | before *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **dance** *in a quote* | present · progressive | this lady | | | | | with Father | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «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 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/161/) - next →: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/163/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)