--- title: Then he led her to a chamber in his palace where there was a great h… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he led her to a chamber in his palace where there was a great heap of straw, and gave her a spinning-wheel, and said, ‘All this must be spun into gold before morning, as you love your life.’ Who acts: king, 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 (king, 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:pg2591:25:111 # text = Then he led her to a chamber in his palace where there was a great heap of straw, and gave her a spinning-wheel, and said, ‘All this must be spun into gold before morning, as you love your life.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 33 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | king | miller | | a chamber in king's palace | then | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to chamber=Destination | | 2 | **give** | past | king *not said here* | a spinning wheel | miller | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient wheel=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **spin** | must · passive | | this | | gold | morning | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into gold=Trajectory | | 5 | **love** | present | you | your life | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/112/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)