--- title: And when she came in it to the ball, everyone wondered at her beauty… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when she came in it to the ball, everyone wondered at her beauty: but the king’s son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand, and danced with her; and when anyone asked her to dance, he said as before, ‘This lady is dancing with me.’ Who acts: bird, everyone, son, anyone. 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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 (bird, everyone, son, anyone), 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:pg2591:33:104 # text = And when she came in it to the ball, everyone wondered at her beauty: but the king’s son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand, and danced with her; and when anyone asked her to dance, he said as before, ‘This lady is dancing with me.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 nsubj _ _ 43 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 before before ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 ccomp _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | bird | | | dress | | to the ball | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ball=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | everyone | the king's son | | bird's beauty | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **wait** | past · progressive | the king's son | | | | | for bird | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | | | bird | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 5 | **dance** | past | | | | | | with bird | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | anyone | | bird | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son | | | | | before *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **dance** | present · progressive | this lady | | | | | with me | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/105/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)