--- title: Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the f… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the former one, and slippers which were all of gold: so that when she came to the feast no one knew what to say, for wonder at her beauty: and the king’s son danced with nobody but her; and when anyone else asked her to dance, he said, ‘ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/113/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/) / 113 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 113 Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the former one, and slippers which were all of gold: so that when she came to the feast no one knew what to say, for wonder at her beauty: and the king’s son danced with nobody but her; and when anyone else asked her to dance, he said, ‘This lady is \_my\_ partner, sir.’ **Who acts:** kind friend, slippers, bird, one, son, anyone · **What happens:** bring, be, come, know, say, dance · **To what, where:** dress, wonder, beauty, bird, partner · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Miser in the Bush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (kind friend, slippers, bird, one), 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:pg2591:33:113 # text = Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the former one, and slippers which were all of gold: so that when she came to the feast no one knew what to say, for wonder at her beauty: and the king’s son danced with nobody but her; and when anyone else asked her to dance, he said, ‘This lady is _my_ partner, sir.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 finer fine ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 slippers slipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 51 obl _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 58 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 59 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 61 nsubj _ _ 60 else else ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 iobj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 69 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 det _ _ 71 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 72 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 76 cop _ _ 73 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 75 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 76 punct _ _ 76 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 78 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 76 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | ASHPUTTEL's kind friend | a dress | | | then | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | slippers | | | | | of all gold | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | bird | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past | no one | | | | | to the feast | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | wonder | | ASHPUTTEL's beauty | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme wonder=Manner | | 6 | **dance** | past | the king's son | | | | | with nobody | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | anyone | | bird | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present | this lady | my partner | | | | sir *vocative* | tree rules | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/114/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)