--- title: Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the f… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the former one, and slippers which were all of gold; and the king's son danced with her alone, and when any one else asked her to dance, he said, "This lady is my partner." Who acts: kind friend, slippers, son, one. 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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 (kind friend, slippers, son, one), 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:pg11027:15:170 # text = Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the former one, and slippers which were all of gold; and the king's son danced with her alone, and when any one else asked her to dance, he said, "This lady is my partner." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 finer fine ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 slippers slipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 alone alone ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 else else ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | CINDERELLA's kind friend | a dress | | | then | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | slippers | | | | | of all gold | tree rules | | 3 | **dance** | past | the king's son | | | | | with CINDERELLA; alone *property* | 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 | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this lady | my partner | | | | | tree rules | 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 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/169/) - next →: [sentence 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/171/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)