--- title: Thus they danced till a late hour of the night; and then she wanted… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thus they danced till a late hour of the night; and then she wanted to go home: and the king’s son said, ‘I shall go and take care of you to your home’; for he wanted to see where the beautiful maiden lived. Who acts: sisters, lady, son, 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 (sisters, lady, son, 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:pg2591:33:96 # text = Thus they danced till a late hour of the night; and then she wanted to go home: and the king’s son said, ‘I shall go and take care of you to your home’; for he wanted to see where the beautiful maiden lived. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 till till ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 home home ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | | hour | thus *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | lady | | | | then | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king's son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | shall | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | I *not said here* | care | | your home | | of you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent care=Theme of you=Initial\_Location to home=Destination | | 7 | **want** | past | son | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **live** | past | the beautiful maiden | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/97/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)