--- title: The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying ‘Yes’ to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying ‘Yes’ to all this; and as they spoke a gay coach drove up, with eight beautiful horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness; and behind the coach rode the prince’s servant, faithful Heinrich, who had bewailed the misfortunes --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/41/) [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 Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/) / 41 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Frog-prince, sentence 41 The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying ‘Yes’ to all this; and as they spoke a gay coach drove up, with eight beautiful horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness; and behind the coach rode the prince’s servant, faithful Heinrich, who had bewailed the misfortunes of his dear master during his enchantment so long and so bitterly, that his heart had well-nigh burst. **Who acts:** young princess, princess sat., faithful Heinrich, heart, Heinrich · **What happens:** be, not be, say, speak, drive up, deck · **To what, where:** this, gay coach, eight beautiful horses, servant, coach, misfortunes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Frog-prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young princess, princess sat., faithful Heinrich, heart), 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:pg2591:13:41 # text = The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying ‘Yes’ to all this; and as they spoke a gay coach drove up, with eight beautiful horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness; and behind the coach rode the prince’s servant, faithful Heinrich, who had bewailed the misfortunes of his dear master during his enchantment so long and so bitterly, that his heart had well-nigh burst. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 13 in in SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 34 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 decked deck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 plumes plume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 harness harness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 behind behind ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 51 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’s 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 Heinrich Heinrich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 bewailed bewail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 acl _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obj _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 67 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 69 during during ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 72 so so ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 so so ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 73 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 78 that that SCONJ IN _ 81 mark _ _ 79 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 80 nmod:poss _ _ 80 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 81 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 82 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 81 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ _ 85 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | the young princess | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | this | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to this=Recipient | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | princess sat. *= saturday* | a gay coach | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **drive up** | past | the young princess *not said here* | | | | | with eight beautiful horses | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **deck** | participle | | eight beautiful horses *not said here* | | | | with plumes of feathers and a golden harness | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with plume=Theme | | 7 | **ride** | past | | the prince's servant | | the coach | during Heinrich's enchantment | faithful Heinrich *obl*; long *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 8 | **bewail** | past · perfect | faithful Heinrich | the misfortunes of Heinrich's dear master | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer misfortune=Stimulus | | 9 | **have** | past | Heinrich's heart | burst | | | | well *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burst=Patient | | 10 | **enchant** | | Heinrich | | | | | | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/42/) - ↑ back to [The Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/)