--- title: Not long after this there was a great bustle in the country; for the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Not long after this there was a great bustle in the country; for the king’s daughter had been carried off by a mighty dragon, and the king mourned over his loss day and night, and made it known that whoever brought her back to him should have her for a wife. 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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 (great bustle, mighty dragon, king, bustle), 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:pg2591:43:36 # text = Not long after this there was a great bustle in the country; for the king’s daughter had been carried off by a mighty dragon, and the king mourned over his loss day and night, and made it known that whoever brought her back to him should have her for a wife. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bustle bustle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 mourned mourn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 32 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a great bustle in the country | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry off** | past · perfect · passive | a mighty dragon | the king's daughter | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **mourn** | past | the king | | | | day | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **make** | past | the king *not said here* | bustle | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | participle | bustle *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **bring** | past | whoever | | dragon | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 7 | **have** | should | | dragon | | | | for a wife; long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/37/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)