--- title: At last the princess agreed, but she told her chamberlain to give th… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last the princess agreed, but she told her chamberlain to give the prince a sleeping draught, that he might not hear or see her. Who acts: princess, chamberlain, prince. 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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, chamberlain, prince), 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:pg2591:44:59 # text = At last the princess agreed, but she told her chamberlain to give the prince a sleeping draught, that he might not hear or see her. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 amod _ _ 18 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the princess | | | last | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | princess | princess's chamberlain | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess's chamberlain *not said here* | a sleeping draught | the prince | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient draught=Theme | | 4 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **hear** | might | prince | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/60/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)