--- title: At first he refused, but she wept still more and more, and fell at h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At first he refused, but she wept still more and more, and fell at his feet, till at last he consented; but the moment she came to her father’s house the guards awoke and he was taken prisoner again. Who acts: fox, princess, moment. 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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 (fox, princess, moment), 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:pg2591:2:46 # text = At first he refused, but she wept still more and more, and fell at his feet, till at last he consented; but the moment she came to her father’s house the guards awoke and he was taken prisoner again. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 till till ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 43 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | fox | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **weep** | past | princess | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | past | fox *not said here* | | | fox's feet | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 4 | **consent** | past | fox | | | | till last | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | princess | the moment *not said here* | | | | to princess's father's house | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moment=Theme | | 6 | **awake** | past | the moment | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past · passive | | fox | | | again | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/47/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)