--- title: There was great joy at their coming, and the prince flew to meet the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There was great joy at their coming, and the prince flew to meet them, and lifted the maid from her horse, thinking she was the one who was to be his wife; and she was led upstairs to the royal chamber; but the true princess was told to stay in the court below. 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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 (clothes, prince, maid, one), 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:pg2591:15:27 # text = There was great joy at their coming, and the prince flew to meet them, and lifted the maid from her horse, thinking she was the one who was to be his wife; and she was led upstairs to the royal chamber; but the true princess was told to stay in the court below. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 at at SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 41 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 below below ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | clothes | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the prince | | | | | fly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | clothes | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **lift** | past | the prince *not said here* | the maid | | | | from maid's horse | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent maid=Theme from horse=Destination | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | maid | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | the one | prince's wife | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lead** | past · passive | | maid | | the royal chamber | | upstairs *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to chamber=Destination | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the true princess | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the true princess *not said here* | | | the court | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in court=Location | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/28/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)