--- title: Then the princess was so thirsty that she got off her horse, and lay… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the princess was so thirsty that she got off her horse, and lay down, and held her head over the running stream, and cried and said, ‘What will become of me?’ Who acts: princess. 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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), 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:pg2591:15:18 # text = Then the princess was so thirsty that she got off her horse, and lay down, and held her head over the running stream, and cried and said, ‘What will become of me?’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 off off ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 down down ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the princess | | | | then | thirsty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get off** | past | princess | princess's horse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 3 | **lay down** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hold** | past | princess *not said here* | princess's head | | the running stream | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme over stream=Location | | 5 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **become** | future | | | | | | of me | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/19/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)