--- title: When they had brought home the princess to her father, there was gre… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When they had brought home the princess to her father, there was great rejoicing; and he said to the four brothers, ‘One of you shall marry her, but you must settle amongst yourselves which it is to be.’ Who acts: rejoicing, you, boat. 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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 (rejoicing, you, boat), 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:pg2591:43:48 # text = When they had brought home the princess to her father, there was great rejoicing; and he said to the four brothers, ‘One of you shall marry her, but you must settle amongst yourselves which it is to be.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 rejoicing rejoicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 appos _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 37 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | stitches *= stitch* | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme princess=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | rejoicing | | the four brothers | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 3 | **marry** | shall | you | princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **settle** | must | you | | | | | amongst yourselves | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | boat | | | | | be *property* | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/49/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)