--- title: As soon as she arrived the King led her into a chamber which was ful… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she arrived the King led her into a chamber which was full of straw; and, giving her a wheel and a reel, he said, "Now set yourself to work, and if you have not spun this straw into gold by an early hour to-morrow, you must die." Who acts: daughter, King, chamber, you. 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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, King, chamber, you), 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:pg11027:24:90 # text = As soon as she arrived the King led her into a chamber which was full of straw; and, giving her a wheel and a reel, he said, "Now set yourself to work, and if you have not spun this straw into gold by an early hour to-morrow, you must die." 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 reel reel NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | daughter | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past | the King | daughter | | a chamber | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into chamber=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | a chamber | | | | | of straw; full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | gerund | King *not said here* | a wheel and a reel | daughter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient wheel=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **set** *in a quote* | infinitive | | yourself | | | now | | tree rules | | 7 | **work** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **spin** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | | gold | hour | to morrow | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme straw=Result | | 9 | **die** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/91/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)