--- title: However, the old king happened to be looking out of the window, and… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: However, the old king happened to be looking out of the window, and saw her in the yard below; and as she looked very pretty, and too delicate for a waiting-maid, he went into the royal chamber to ask the bride whom it was she had brought with her, that was thus left standing in the court below. 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" **Who acts:** old king, maid, king, that · **What happens:** happen, look out, see, look, go, ask · **To what, where:** window, maid, royal chamber, bride, chamber, that This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old king, maid, king, that), 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:pg11027:6:25 # text = However, the old king happened to be looking out of the window, and saw her in the yard below; and as she looked very pretty, and too delicate for a waiting-maid, he went into the royal chamber to ask the bride whom it was she had brought with her, that was thus left standing in the court below. " 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 below below ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 too too ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 obj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl:relcl _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 60 thus thus ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 62 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 xcomp _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 below below ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the old king | | | | | however *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look out** | to-infinitive · progressive | the old king *not said here* | the window | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | the old king *not said here* | maid | | | | in the yard | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **look** | past | maid | | | | | pretty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | past | king | | | the royal chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | the bride | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bride=Recipient | | 7 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | chamber | | | | with maid | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme whom=Destination | | 8 | **leave** | past · passive | | that | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **stand** | gerund | that *not said here* | | | the court | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/26/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/)