--- title: The princess was of so thoughtful and serious a turn of mind that no… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The princess was of so thoughtful and serious a turn of mind that no one could make her laugh; and the King had announced to all the world that whoever could make her laugh should have her for his wife. Who acts: princess, one, thoughtful turn, King. A sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Gr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/43/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/) / 43 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Golden Goose, sentence 43 The princess was of so thoughtful and serious a turn of mind that no one could make her laugh; and the King had announced to all the world that whoever could make her laugh should have her for his wife. **Who acts:** princess, one, thoughtful turn, King, world · **What happens:** be, make, laugh, announce, have · **To what, where:** thoughtful turn, world, laugh, princess This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Golden Goose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, one, thoughtful turn, King), 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:pg11027:15:43 # text = The princess was of so thoughtful and serious a turn of mind that no one could make her laugh; and the King had announced to all the world that whoever could make her laugh should have her for his wife. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 31 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the princess | | | | | of a thoughtful turn; of mind | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | could | no one | a thoughtful turn | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **laugh** | infinitive | a thoughtful turn *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the King | | all world | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to world=Recipient | | 5 | **make** | could | all world | princess's laugh | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset laugh=Product | | 6 | **have** | should | | princess | | | | for King's wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **laugh** | | princess | | | | | | nom laugh «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/44/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)