--- title: They embraced and kissed each other, and the Queen, going to the Kin… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: They embraced and kissed each other, and the Queen, going to the King, who was thunderstruck, began to say, "Now may I speak, my dear husband, and prove to you that I am innocent and falsely accused;" and then she told him how the wicked woman had stolen away and hidden her three children. 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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 (Swans, Queen), 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:pg11027:19:67 # text = They embraced and kissed each other, and the Queen, going to the King, who was thunderstruck, began to say, "Now may I speak, my dear husband, and prove to you that I am innocent and falsely accused;" and then she told him how the wicked woman had stolen away and hidden her three children. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 4 obj _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 thunderstruck thunderstruck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 falsely falsely ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 ccomp _ _ 59 away away ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 hidden hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 64 nummod _ _ 64 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | past | Swans *= swan* | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | Swans *= swan* *not said here* | each | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | | 3 | **go** | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **thunderstruck** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | may | the Queen *= queen* | | | | now | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **prove** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | you | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to you=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | innocent *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **accuse** *in a quote* | participle | the Queen *= queen* *not said here* | | | | | falsely *property* | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Queen | | King | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **steal away** | past · perfect · passive | | the wicked woman | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 13 | **hide** | past | | woman | | | | | tree rules | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/68/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)