--- title: At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man such as her eye… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man such as her eyes had never yet beheld came to her; but the King's son began to talk to her quite like a friend, and told her that his heart had been so stirred that it had let him have no rest, and he had been forced to see her. 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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 (son, heart), 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:pg11027:19:107 # text = At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man such as her eyes had never yet beheld came to her; but the King's son began to talk to her quite like a friend, and told her that his heart had been so stirred that it had let him have no rest, and he had been forced to see her. 1 At at SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 3 Rapunzel Rapunzel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 yet yet ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 quite quite ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:outer _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 stirred stir VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | Rapunzel | | | | first, terribly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **behold** | past · perfect · passive | | a man such RAPUNZEL's eyes | | | yet | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | past | | | RAPUNZEL | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **begin** | past | the King's son | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **talk** | to-infinitive | the King's son *not said here* | | RAPUNZEL | | | like a friend | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | RAPUNZEL | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 7 | **is** | past · perfect | son's heart | | | | | stir *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | heart | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **let** | infinitive | heart *not said here* | son | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **have** | infinitive | son *not said here* | no rest | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | | 11 | **force** | past · perfect · passive | | son | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **see** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | RAPUNZEL | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/108/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)