--- title: Then the twelfth, who had not yet given her gift, came forward and s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the twelfth, who had not yet given her gift, came forward and said that the bad wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften it, and that the king's daughter should not die, but fall asleep for a hundred years. Who acts: twelfth gift, eleven, daughter. 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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 (twelfth gift, eleven, daughter), 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:pg11027:18:9 # text = Then the twelfth, who had not yet given her gift, came forward and said that the bad wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften it, and that the king's daughter should not die, but fall asleep for a hundred years. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 3 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 yet yet ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 forward forward ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 soften soften VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 44 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **give** | past · perfect · passive | | eleven's twelfth gift | | | yet | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **come forward** | past | eleven's twelfth gift | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | eleven's twelfth gift *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fulfil** | must · passive | | the bad wish | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **soften** | could | eleven | revenge | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **not** **die** | should | the king's daughter | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **fall** | infinitive | eleven's twelfth gift *not said here* | | | | year | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **gift** | | eleven | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/10/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/18/)