--- title: And now the time drew near when Roland’s wedding was to be celebrate… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And now the time drew near when Roland’s wedding was to be celebrated, and then, according to an old custom in the country, it was announced that all the girls were to be present at it, and sing in honour of the bridal pair. Who acts: time, girls. 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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 (time, girls), 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:pg2591:30:53 # text = And now the time drew near when Roland’s wedding was to be celebrated, and then, according to an old custom in the country, it was announced that all the girls were to be present at it, and sing in honour of the bridal pair. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 near near ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 case _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | the time | | | | now | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | wedding | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · passive | | wedding | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | all girls | | | wedding | | present *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the time *not said here* | | | honour of the bridal pair | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in honour=Location | | 7 | **honour** | | | the bridal pair | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/54/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)