--- title: Then Rapunzel lost her fear, and when he asked her if she would take… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then Rapunzel lost her fear, and when he asked her if she would take him for a husband, and she saw that he was young and handsome, she thought, "He will love me more than old Dame Gothel does;" and she said yes, and laid her hand in his. Who acts: Rapunzel, son, old Dame Gothel. 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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 (Rapunzel, son, old Dame Gothel), 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:pg11027:19:108 # text = Then Rapunzel lost her fear, and when he asked her if she would take him for a husband, and she saw that he was young and handsome, she thought, "He will love me more than old Dame Gothel does;" and she said yes, and laid her hand in his. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Rapunzel Rapunzel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 obj _ _ 40 than than SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 Dame Dame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Gothel Gothel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 50 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | Rapunzel | RAPUNZEL's fear | | | then | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | son | | RAPUNZEL | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | RAPUNZEL | son | | | | for a husband | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for husband=Beneficiary | | 4 | **see** | past | RAPUNZEL | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | son | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | son *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | RAPUNZEL | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **love** *in a quote* | future | son | RAPUNZEL | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | present | old Dame Gothel | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | RAPUNZEL | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | | 11 | **lay** | past | Rapunzel *not said here* | RAPUNZEL's hand | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme his=Destination | | 12 | **fear** | | RAPUNZEL | | | | | | nom fear «feeling 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/109/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)