--- title: But one day when the King had gone out, and no one was present, this… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But one day when the King had gone out, and no one was present, this bad woman seized the Queen by the head, and her daughter caught hold of her feet, and raising her out of bed, they threw her out of the window into the river which ran past. Who acts: King, one, bad woman, daughter. 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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 (King, one, bad woman, daughter), 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:pg11027:24:65 # text = But one day when the King had gone out, and no one was present, this bad woman seized the Queen by the head, and her daughter caught hold of her feet, and raising her out of bed, they threw her out of the window into the river which ran past. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 18 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 raising raise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 out out ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 past past ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past · perfect | the King | | | | day | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **seize** | past | this bad woman | the Queen | | | | by the head | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | Queen's daughter | hold of Queen's feet | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 5 | **raise** | gerund | Queen's daughter *not said here* | Queen | | bed | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme out bed=Destination | | 6 | **throw** | past | feet *= foot* | Queen | | the window | | into the river | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme out window=Initial\_Location into river=Destination | | 7 | **run past** | past | the river | | | | | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | | | Queen's feet | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/66/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)