--- title: Then the king made it known to all the land, that if any person coul… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king made it known to all the land, that if any person could discover the secret, and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the night, he should have the one he liked best for his wife, and should be king after his death; but whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/3/) [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/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/) / 3 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, sentence 3 Then the king made it known to all the land, that if any person could discover the secret, and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the night, he should have the one he liked best for his wife, and should be king after his death; but whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days and nights, should be put to death. **Who acts:** king, room, person, whoever · **What happens:** make, know, discover, find out, be, have · **To what, where:** room, secret, one, best, king This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, room, person, whoever), 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:pg2591:10:3 # text = Then the king made it known to all the land, that if any person could discover the secret, and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the night, he should have the one he liked best for his wife, and should be king after his death; but whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days and nights, should be put to death. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 50 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 51 after after ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 after after ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 nummod _ _ 65 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the king | room | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | participle | room *not said here* | | | | | to all land | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **discover** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | any person | the secret | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic | | 4 | **find out** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | person | | | | night | dance *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | should | king | the one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 7 | **like** | past | king | best | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | should | | king | | | after king's death | | tree rules | | 9 | **try** | past | whoever | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **not** **succeed** | past · do-support | whoever *not said here* | | | | day | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **put** | should · passive | the king *not said here* | | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | | 12 | **die** | | king | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/4/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/)