--- title: The princes rowed them back again over the lake (but this time the s… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The princes rowed them back again over the lake (but this time the soldier placed himself in the boat with the eldest princess); and on the opposite shore they took leave of each other, the princesses promising to come again the next night. Who acts: princes, soldier, sisters, princesses. 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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 (princes, soldier, sisters, princesses), 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:pg2591:10:41 # text = The princes rowed them back again over the lake (but this time the soldier placed himself in the boat with the eldest princess); and on the opposite shore they took leave of each other, the princesses promising to come again the next night. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rowed row VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 conj _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nmod _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **row back** | past | the princes | sisters *= sister* | | the lake | again | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme over lake=Trajectory | | 2 | **place** | past | the soldier | eldest *= eld* | | the boat with the eldest princess | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in boat=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | sisters *= sister* | leave of each | | the opposite shore | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent leave=Theme on shore=Destination | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | the princesses | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the princesses *not said here* | | | | again; night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/42/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/)