--- title: But when she began her song, and it reached Roland’s ears, he sprang… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when she began her song, and it reached Roland’s ears, he sprang up and cried: ‘I know the voice, that is the true bride, I will have no other!’ Who acts: girl, song, Roland, I. 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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 (girl, song, Roland, I), 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:pg2591:30:56 # text = But when she began her song, and it reached Roland’s ears, he sprang up and cried: ‘I know the voice, that is the true bride, I will have no other!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | girl | girl's song | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Eventuality | | 2 | **reach** | past | song | Roland's ears | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 3 | **spring up** | past | Roland | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Roland *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** | present | I | the voice | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | present | that | the true bride | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | future | I | no other | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient | | 8 | **sing** | | girl | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/57/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)