--- title: Meanwhile the Princess had caused a road to be made up to her castle… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the Princess had caused a road to be made up to her castle of pure shining gold, and she told her attendants that whoever should ride straight up this road would be the right person, and one whom they might admit into the castle; but, on the contrary, whoever should ride up not on the road --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/64/) [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 Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/) / 64 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 64 Meanwhile the Princess had caused a road to be made up to her castle of pure shining gold, and she told her attendants that whoever should ride straight up this road would be the right person, and one whom they might admit into the castle; but, on the contrary, whoever should ride up not on the road, but by the side, they were ordered on no account to admit, for he was not the right person. **Who acts:** Princess, whoever, road, attendants, side, King · **What happens:** cause, make up, shine, tell, ride, be · **To what, where:** road, attendants, right person, castle, contrary, account · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Water of Life. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, whoever, road, attendants), 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:pg11027:17:64 # text = Meanwhile the Princess had caused a road to be made up to her castle of pure shining gold, and she told her attendants that whoever should ride straight up this road would be the right person, and one whom they might admit into the castle; but, on the contrary, whoever should ride up not on the road, but by the side, they were ordered on no account to admit, for he was not the right person. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 amod _ _ 18 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 iobj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 straight straight ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 up up ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 ccomp _ _ 41 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 56 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 65 by by ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 69 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 70 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 parataxis _ _ 72 on on ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 74 det _ _ 74 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 78 for for SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 79 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 cop _ _ 81 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 84 advmod _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 84 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past · perfect | the Princess | a road | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition road=Patient | | 2 | **make up** | to-infinitive · passive | the Princess *not said here* | a road *not said here* | | | | to Princess's castle of pure shining gold | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | | Princess's attendants | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent attendant=Recipient | | 5 | **ride** | should | whoever | Princess's attendants | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | would | this road | the right person | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **admit** *speech: other* | might | attendants *= attendant* | | | the castle | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 8 | **ride up** | should | whoever | | | the contrary | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **order** | past · passive | the side | attendants *= attendant* | | no account | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 10 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the side *not said here* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **is a** | past | King | the right person | | | | | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/65/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)