--- title: When, therefore, the time came round which the Princess had mentione… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When, therefore, the time came round which the Princess had mentioned to the youngest Prince, the eldest Brother thought he would hasten to her castle and announce himself as her deliverer, that he might gain her as a bride and the kingdom besides. Who acts: time, eldest Brother, Brother, kingdom. 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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 (time, eldest Brother, Brother, kingdom), 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:pg11027:17:65 # text = When, therefore, the time came round which the Princess had mentioned to the youngest Prince, the eldest Brother thought he would hasten to her castle and announce himself as her deliverer, that he might gain her as a bride and the kingdom besides. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 round round ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 hasten hasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 announce announce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 deliverer deliverer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come round** | past | the time | | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | | the youngest Prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to prince=Recipient | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the eldest Brother | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **hasten** | would | Brother | | | Princess's castle | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to castle=Destination | | 5 | **announce** *speech: other* | infinitive | Brother *not said here* | Brother | | | | as Princess's deliverer | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 6 | **gain** | might | Brother | Princess | | | | as a bride | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **beside** | present | the kingdom | | | | | | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/66/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)