--- title: Then the king’s son lost sight of her, and could not find out where… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king’s son lost sight of her, and could not find out where she was gone, but waited till her father came home, and said to him, ‘The unknown lady who danced with me has slipped away, and I think she must have sprung into the pear-tree.’ Who acts: son, lady, father, unknown lady. 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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 (son, lady, father, unknown lady), 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:pg2591:33:107 # text = Then the king’s son lost sight of her, and could not find out where she was gone, but waited till her father came home, and said to him, ‘The unknown lady who danced with me has slipped away, and I think she must have sprung into the pear-tree.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux _ _ 52 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 ccomp _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 pear pear NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | the king's son | sight of lady | | | then | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **find out** | could | the king's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | lady | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wait** | past | the king's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | lady's father | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king's son *not said here* | | son | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **dance** | past | the unknown lady | | | | | with me | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **slip away** | present · perfect | the unknown lady | | | | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **spring** | must · perfect · passive | | lady | | the pear tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **sight** | | | lady | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/108/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)