--- title: Then the princess thought to betray her as before, and agreed to wha… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the princess thought to betray her as before, and agreed to what she asked: but when the prince went to his chamber he asked the chamberlain why the wind had whistled so in the night. Who acts: princess, 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, 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:pg2591:44:68 # text = Then the princess thought to betray her as before, and agreed to what she asked: but when the prince went to his chamber he asked the chamberlain why the wind had whistled so in the night. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 betray betray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 before before ADV RB _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 whistled whistle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the princess | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **betray** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | princess | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | past | the prince | | | prince's chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chamber=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | prince | the chamberlain | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient | | 7 | **whistle** | past · perfect · passive | | the wind | | | night | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/69/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)