--- title: So he began, and told all the story of the princess, as if it was on… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he began, and told all the story of the princess, as if it was one that he had once heard; and he asked the true waiting-maid what she thought ought to be done to anyone who would behave thus. Who acts: king, story, maid, anyone. A sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Goose-girl, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/90/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/) / 90 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Goose-girl, sentence 90 So he began, and told all the story of the princess, as if it was one that he had once heard; and he asked the true waiting-maid what she thought ought to be done to anyone who would behave thus. **Who acts:** king, story, maid, anyone · **What happens:** begin, tell, be, hear, ask, think · **To what, where:** story, that, true waiting maid · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, story, maid, anyone), 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:pg2591:15:90 # text = So he began, and told all the story of the princess, as if it was one that he had once heard; and he asked the true waiting-maid what she thought ought to be done to anyone who would behave thus. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 ccomp _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 23 advmod _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 39 obl:agent _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 thus thus ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | king | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | all story of the princess | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | story | | | | | as one | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | that | | | | once *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | king | | the true waiting maid | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent maid=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | maid | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** *not said to happen* | ought · passive | anyone | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **behave** | would | | | | | | thus *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/91/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)