--- title: When she grew up, she was betrothed to a prince who lived a great wa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When she grew up, she was betrothed to a prince who lived a great way off; and as the time drew near for her to be married, she got ready to set off on her journey to his country. Who acts: mother, prince, time. 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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 (mother, prince, time), 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:pg2591:15:4 # text = When she grew up, she was betrothed to a prince who lived a great way off; and as the time drew near for her to be married, she got ready to set off on her journey to his country. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 off off ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 24 near near ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past | mother | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **betroth** | past · passive | | mother | a prince | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to prince=Recipient | | 3 | **live** | past | a prince | a great way | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme way=Location | | 4 | **draw** | past | the time | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | | mother | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **get** | past | mother | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **set off** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | mother's journey | | to king's country | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **journey** | | mother | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/5/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)