--- title: Then they all took a sorrowful leave of the princess; and she put th… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they all took a sorrowful leave of the princess; and she put the lock of hair into her bosom, got upon her horse, and set off on her journey to her bridegroom’s kingdom. Who acts: hands, 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 (hands, 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:pg2591:15:9 # text = Then they all took a sorrowful leave of the princess; and she put the lock of hair into her bosom, got upon her horse, and set off on her journey to her bridegroom’s kingdom. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 upon upon 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 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 on on 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 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | hands *= hand* | a sorrowful leave of the princess | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past | princess | the lock of hair | | princess's bosom | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lock=Goal | | 3 | **get** | past | princess *not said here* | | | | | upon princess's horse | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **set off** | past | hands *= hand* *not said here* | | | princess's journey | | to princess's bridegroom's kingdom | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **bosom** | | princess | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **journey** | | princess | | | | | | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/10/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)