--- title: As soon, then, as the time came when the Queen gave birth to a beaut… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: As soon, then, as the time came when the Queen gave birth to a beautiful little boy, which happened when the King was out hunting, the old witch took the form of a chambermaid, and got into the room where the Queen was lying, and said to her, "The bath is ready, which will restore you and give you f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/) / 54 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Little Brother and Sister, sentence 54 As soon, then, as the time came when the Queen gave birth to a beautiful little boy, which happened when the King was out hunting, the old witch took the form of a chambermaid, and got into the room where the Queen was lying, and said to her, "The bath is ready, which will restore you and give you fresh strength; be quick before it gets cold." **Who acts:** time, Queen, beautiful little boy, King, old witch, bath · **What happens:** come, give, happen, hunt, take, get · **To what, where:** birth, beautiful little boy, form, room, Queen, fresh strength · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Little Brother and Sister. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (time, Queen, beautiful little boy, 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:pg11027:7:54 # text = As soon, then, as the time came when the Queen gave birth to a beautiful little boy, which happened when the King was out hunting, the old witch took the form of a chambermaid, and got into the room where the Queen was lying, and said to her, "The bath is ready, which will restore you and give you fresh strength; be quick before it gets cold." 1 As as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chambermaid chambermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 63 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 parataxis _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 68 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 iobj _ _ 69 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ; ; PUNCT : _ 73 punct _ _ 72 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 73 cop _ _ 73 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 74 before before SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 75 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 76 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 advcl _ _ 77 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the time | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | the Queen | birth | a beautiful little boy | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to boy=Recipient | | 3 | **happen** | past | a beautiful little boy | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hunt** | past · progressive | the King | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | past | the old witch | the form of a chambermaid | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | the time *not said here* | | | the room | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into room=Destination | | 7 | **lie** | past · progressive | the Queen | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the time *not said here* | | Queen | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the bath | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **restore** *in a quote* | future | | Queen | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 11 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fresh strength | Queen | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient strength=Theme | | 12 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | the time *not said here* | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **get** *in a quote* | present | bath | | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 14 | **form** | | | a chambermaid | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/55/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)