--- title: They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight horses, and all set out, full of joy and merriment, for the prince’s kingdom, which they reached safely; and there they lived happily a great many years. Who acts: princess sat., kingdom. 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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 sat., kingdom), 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:pg2591:13:42 # text = They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight horses, and all set out, full of joy and merriment, for the prince’s kingdom, which they reached safely; and there they lived happily a great many years. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 merriment merriment NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 safely safely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 happily happily ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | princess sat. *= saturday* | leave of the king | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | princess sat. *= saturday* *not said here* | | | the coach | | with eight horses | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into coach=Destination | | 3 | **set out** | participle | princess sat. *= saturday* *not said here* | | | | | all *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reach** | past | the prince's kingdom | | | | | safely *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **live** | past | princess sat. *= saturday* | | | there | year | happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/41/) - next →: [Cat and Mouse in Partnership, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/14/1/) - ↑ back to [The Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/)