--- title: One day, as they were riding along by a brook, the princess began to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day, as they were riding along by a brook, the princess began to feel very thirsty: and she said to her maid, ‘Pray get down, and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder brook, for I want to drink.’ Who acts: hands, princess, I. 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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 (hands, princess, I), 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:pg2591:15:10 # text = One day, as they were riding along by a brook, the princess began to feel very thirsty: and she said to her maid, ‘Pray get down, and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder brook, for I want to drink.’ 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Pray pray PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride along** | past · progressive | hands *= hand* | One day *not said here* | | | | by a brook; along *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | the princess | | | | day | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **feel** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | to princess's maid | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to maid=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **get down** | infinitive | | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **fetch** | infinitive | | some water | me | my golden cup out brook | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary water=Theme | | 7 | **want** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **drink** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/11/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)