--- title: She went on for a long, long way, till at length she came to the cas… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She went on for a long, long way, till at length she came to the castle whither the princess had carried the prince; and there was a feast got ready, and she heard that the wedding was about to be held. Who acts: princess, feast, wedding. 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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 (princess, feast, wedding), 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:pg2591:44:54 # text = She went on for a long, long way, till at length she came to the castle whither the princess had carried the prince; and there was a feast got ready, and she heard that the wedding was about to be held. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 till till ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | princess | | | | | for a long long way | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | princess | | | the castle | till length | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess | | | | whither *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary prince=Value | | 4 | **is** | past | a feast | | | | | get, ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | past | princess | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | the wedding | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hold** | to-infinitive · passive | the wedding *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/55/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)