--- title: But there went a report through all the land of the beautiful sleepi… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But there went a report through all the land of the beautiful sleeping Briar Rose, for thus was the king's daughter called; so that from time to time several kings' sons came, and tried to break through the thicket into the palace. Who acts: sons. 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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 (sons), 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:pg11027:18:22 # text = But there went a report through all the land of the beautiful sleeping Briar Rose, for thus was the king's daughter called; so that from time to time several kings' sons came, and tried to break through the thicket into the palace. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 Briar Briar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 15 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 18 thus thus ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 26 so so SCONJ IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 32 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | a report | | all land of the beautiful sleeping; there | time | so that | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location report=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | for the king's daughter; thus *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | participle | | the king's daughter *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | several kings's sons | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **try** | past | several kings's sons *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | several kings's sons *not said here* | | | the thicket | | into the palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through thicket=Location | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/23/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/)