--- title: After some time he said to her, ‘Tomorrow there will be a great feas… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: After some time he said to her, ‘Tomorrow there will be a great feast in your father’s house, for your eldest sister is to be married; and if you wish to go and visit her my lions shall lead you thither.’ Who acts: prince, Tomorrow, you, lions. 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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 (prince, Tomorrow, you, lions), 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:pg2591:44:26 # text = After some time he said to her, ‘Tomorrow there will be a great feast in your father’s house, for your eldest sister is to be married; and if you wish to go and visit her my lions shall lead you thither.’ 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 amod _ _ 26 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 thither thither ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | bride | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | Tomorrow | a great feast | | your father's house | | | tree rules | | 3 | **marry** | present · passive | | your eldest sister | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **visit** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lead** | shall | bride's lions | you | | | | thither *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/27/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)