--- title: When the time came for them to set out, the fairy went into her bed-… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the time came for them to set out, the fairy went into her bed-chamber, and took a little knife, and cut off a lock of her hair, and gave it to the princess, and said, ‘Take care of it, dear child; for it is a charm that may be of use to you on the road.’ Who acts: time, hands, fairy, horse. 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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 (time, hands, fairy, horse), 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:pg2591:15:8 # text = When the time came for them to set out, the fairy went into her bed-chamber, and took a little knife, and cut off a lock of her hair, and gave it to the princess, and said, ‘Take care of it, dear child; for it is a charm that may be of use to you on the road.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 47 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 59 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 60 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 acl:relcl _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nmod _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **set out** | to-infinitive | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | the fairy | | | fairy's bed chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **take** | past | | a little knife | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 5 | **cut off** | participle | | a lock of fairy's hair | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector lock=Eventuality | | 6 | **give** | past | | lock | the princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to princess=Recipient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | | care | | | | of horse; dear child *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of it=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **is** | present | horse | | | | | for a charm | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | may | a charm | | you | the road | | of use | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/9/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)