--- title: One day, as they were riding along by the side of a brook, the princ… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: One day, as they were riding along by the side of a brook, the princess began to feel very thirsty, and said to her maid, "Pray get down and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder brook, for I want to drink." " Who acts: hands, princess, Pray. 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" **Who acts:** hands, princess, Pray · **What happens:** ride along, begin, feel, say, get down, fetch · **To what, where:** One day, maid, water, princess, golden cup · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (hands, princess, Pray), 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:pg11027:6:7 # text = One day, as they were riding along by the side of a brook, the princess began to feel very thirsty, and said to her maid, "Pray get down and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder brook, for I want to drink." " 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Pray Pray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 33 down down ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 out out ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride along** | past · progressive | hands *= hand* | One day *not said here* | | | | by the side of a brook; along *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | the princess | | | | day | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **feel** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess *not said here* | | princess's maid | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to maid=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **get down** *in a quote* | infinitive | Pray | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive | Pray *not said here* | some water | the princess *= princess* | my golden cup | | out brook | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary water=Theme | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **drink** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the princess *= princess* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/8/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/)