--- title: Near the castle of this King was a large and gloomy forest, where in… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Near the castle of this King was a large and gloomy forest, where in the midst stood an old lime-tree, beneath whose branches splashed a little fountain; so, whenever it was very hot, the King's youngest daughter ran off into this wood, and sat down by the side of the fountain; and, when she felt du --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/) / 2 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Frog Prince, sentence 2 Near the castle of this King was a large and gloomy forest, where in the midst stood an old lime-tree, beneath whose branches splashed a little fountain; so, whenever it was very hot, the King's youngest daughter ran off into this wood, and sat down by the side of the fountain; and, when she felt dull, would often divert herself by throwing a golden ball up into the air and catching it again. **Who acts:** branches, fountain, youngest daughter, she · **What happens:** be, stand, splash, run off, sit down, feel · **To what, where:** large forest, castle, old lime tree, midst, little fountain, wood This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Frog Prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (branches, fountain, youngest daughter, she), 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:pg11027:21:2 # text = Near the castle of this King was a large and gloomy forest, where in the midst stood an old lime-tree, beneath whose branches splashed a little fountain; so, whenever it was very hot, the King's youngest daughter ran off into this wood, and sat down by the side of the fountain; and, when she felt dull, would often divert herself by throwing a golden ball up into the air and catching it again. 1 Near near ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 splashed splash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 47 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 down down ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 64 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 66 advmod _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 advcl _ _ 67 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 69 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 often often ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 71 divert divert VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 72 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 71 obj _ _ 73 by by SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 74 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 71 advcl _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 78 up up ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 79 into into ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 catching catch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 74 conj _ _ 84 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 obj _ _ 85 again again ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | a large forest | | the castle of this King | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | past | | a old lime tree | | the midst | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in midst=Destination | | 3 | **splash** | past | branches | a little fountain | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fountain=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | fountain | | | | | hot, whenever *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **run off** | past | the King's youngest daughter | | | | | into this wood *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result | | 6 | **sit down** | past | the King's youngest daughter *not said here* | | | | | by the side of the fountain | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 7 | **feel** | past | she | | | | | dull *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **divert** | would | | herself *= she* | | | | often *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 9 | **throw** | gerund | | a golden ball | | | | into the air *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer ball=Theme into air=Result | | 10 | **catch** | gerund | | ball | | | again | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/3/) - ↑ back to [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/)