--- title: The princess was so thirsty that she got down, and knelt over the li… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The princess was so thirsty that she got down, and knelt over the little brook and drank, for she was frightened, and dared not bring out her golden cup; and then she wept, and said, "Alas! what will become of me?" Who acts: princess. 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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 (princess), 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:pg11027:6:9 # text = The princess was so thirsty that she got down, and knelt over the little brook and drank, for she was frightened, and dared not bring out her golden cup; and then she wept, and said, "Alas! what will become of me?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the princess | | | | | thirsty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get down** | past | princess | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **kneel** | past | | | | the little brook | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over brook=Location | | 4 | **drink** | past | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **frighten** | past · passive | | princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **dare** | past | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **bring out** | infinitive | | princess's golden cup | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | | 8 | **weep** | past | princess | | | | then | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **become** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | of princess | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/10/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/)