--- title: ‘I was carried through the streets with the rapidity of lightning,’… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I was carried through the streets with the rapidity of lightning,’ said she, ‘and taken into a soldier’s room, and I had to wait upon him like a servant, sweep his room, clean his boots, and do all kinds of menial work. Who acts: princess, I. 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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, I), 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:pg2591:46:51 # text = ‘I was carried through the streets with the rapidity of lightning,’ said she, ‘and taken into a soldier’s room, and I had to wait upon him like a servant, sweep his room, clean his boots, and do all kinds of menial work. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rapidity rapidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 sweep sweep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 menial menial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past · passive | | I | | the streets | | with the rapidity of lightning | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | participle | princess *not said here* | | | a soldier's room | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into room=Destination | | 4 | **have** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wait** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | upon soldier; like a servant | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 6 | **sweep** | infinitive | I *not said here* | soldier's room | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Trajectory | | 7 | **clean** | infinitive | I *not said here* | soldier's boots | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boot=Patient | | 8 | **do** | infinitive | I *not said here* | all kinds of menial work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Eventuality | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/52/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/)