--- title: At twelve o’clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house: g… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At twelve o’clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house: go up to her and give her a kiss, and she will let you lead her away; but take care you do not suffer her to go and take leave of her father and mother.’ Who acts: princess, you. 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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 (princess, you), 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:pg2591:2:43 # text = At twelve o’clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house: go up to her and give her a kiss, and she will let you lead her away; but take care you do not suffer her to go and take leave of her father and mother.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 o’clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 bathing bathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 36 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 46 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the princess | | | twelve o’clock at night | | to the bathing house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **go up** | infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | the princess *not said here* | a kiss | princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kiss=Theme | | 4 | **let** | future | princess | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lead away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | princess | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 7 | **not** **suffer** | present · do-support | you | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | leave of princess's father and mother | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/44/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)