--- title: There was a great noise and crowd in the streets, and a man rode up… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There was a great noise and crowd in the streets, and a man rode up on horseback, crying aloud: ‘The king’s daughter wants a husband; but whoever seeks her hand must perform a hard task, and if he does not succeed he will forfeit his life.’ Who acts: man, daughter, whoever, hand. 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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 (man, daughter, whoever, hand), 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:pg2591:34:38 # text = There was a great noise and crowd in the streets, and a man rode up on horseback, crying aloud: ‘The king’s daughter wants a husband; but whoever seeks her hand must perform a hard task, and if he does not succeed he will forfeit his life.’ 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 21 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 seeks seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 csubj _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 forfeit forfeit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a man | | | horseback | | ride *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a man *not said here* | | | | | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **want** | present | the king's daughter | a husband | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot husband=Theme | | 4 | **seek** | present | whoever | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **perform** | must | daughter's hand | a hard task | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme | | 6 | **not** **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | hand | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **forfeit** | future | hand | hand's life | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/39/) - ↑ back to [The White Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/)