--- title: So the King's daughter went and opened the door, and the Frog hopped… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: So the King's daughter went and opened the door, and the Frog hopped in after her right up to her chair: and as soon as she was seated, he said, "Lift me up;" but she hesitated so long that the King had to order her to obey. Who acts: daughter, Frog, King. 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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 (daughter, Frog, King), 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:pg11027:21:38 # text = So the King's daughter went and opened the door, and the Frog hopped in after her right up to her chair: and as soon as she was seated, he said, "Lift me up;" but she hesitated so long that the King had to order her to obey. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 in in ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 right right ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 up up ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 hesitated hesitate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the King's daughter | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **open** | past | the King's daughter *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 3 | **hop in** | past | the Frog | | | frog's chair | after paddler | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up chair=Trajectory | | 4 | **seat** | past · passive | | frog | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lift up** *in a quote* | infinitive | King *not said here* | King | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **hesitate** | past | frog | | | | | long *property* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | the King | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **order** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | frog | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **obey** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/39/) - ↑ back to [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/)