--- title: At this speech the King's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: At this speech the King's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold Frog, and dared not touch him; and besides, he actually wanted to sleep in her own beautiful, clean bed! 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:pg11027:21:42 # text = At this speech the King's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold Frog, and dared not touch him; and besides, he actually wanted to sleep in her own beautiful, clean bed! 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 24 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 actually actually ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 38 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the King's daughter | | | this speech | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | the King's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | frog | | | | | of the cold Frog; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **dare** | past | the King's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **touch** | infinitive | the King's daughter *not said here* | King | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | | 6 | **beside** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **want** | past | King | | | | | actually *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | frog's own beautiful clean bed | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/43/) - ↑ back to [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/)