--- title: After she had passed some time there, it happened that the King of t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: After she had passed some time there, it happened that the King of that country was hunting in the forest, and his huntsmen came beneath the tree on which the Maiden sat. They called to her and asked, "Who art thou?" Who acts: sister, it, King, huntsmen. 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They called to her and asked, "Who art thou?" **Who acts:** sister, it, King, huntsmen, Maiden sat. · **What happens:** pass, happen, hunt, come, call, ask · **To what, where:** forest, tree, sister · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Six Swans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, it, King, huntsmen), 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:pg11027:19:43 # text = After she had passed some time there, it happened that the King of that country was hunting in the forest, and his huntsmen came beneath the tree on which the Maiden sat. They called to her and asked, "Who art thou?" 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 27 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 sat. Saturday PROPN NNP Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect | sister | | | there | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hunt** | past · progressive | the King of that country | | | the forest | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location | | 4 | **come** | past | King's huntsmen | | | the tree | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location | | 5 | **call** | past | the Maiden sat. | | sister | the tree | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | King's huntsmen *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/44/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)