--- title: Then the King's daughter wished to have them all brought; but he sai… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King's daughter wished to have them all brought; but he said, "It would take many days, and so great is the quantity that your palace has not halls enough in it to place them around." Who acts: daughter, gold, King, It. 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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 (daughter, gold, King, It), 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:pg11027:16:40 # text = Then the King's daughter wished to have them all brought; but he said, "It would take many days, and so great is the quantity that your palace has not halls enough in it to place them around." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 enough enough ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 around around ADV RB _ 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | the King's daughter | | | | then | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past | gold | | | | | all *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | would | It | | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the great quantity | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | your palace | the great quantity | | place | | enough *property* | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/41/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)