--- title: But the old king begged so hard that she had no peace till she had t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But the old king begged so hard that she had no peace till she had told him all, word for word: and it was very lucky for her that she did so, for the king ordered royal clothes to be put upon her, and he gazed with wonder, she was so beautiful. Who acts: old king, girl, word, 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 (old king, girl, word, 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:pg11027:6:81 # text = But the old king begged so hard that she had no peace till she had told him all, word for word: and it was very lucky for her that she did so, for the king ordered royal clothes to be put upon her, and he gazed with wonder, she was so beautiful. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 40 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 so so ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | the old king | | | | | hard *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | past | girl | no peace | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | girl | all word | king | | | for word | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient word=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | word | | | | | for girl; lucky *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | past | girl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **order** | past | the king | royal clothes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 7 | **put** | to-infinitive · passive | the king *not said here* | | | | | upon girl | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: upon she=Destination | | 8 | **gaze** | past | king | | | | | with wonder | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | girl | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/82/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/)