--- title: A great king of a land far away in the East had a daughter who was v… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A great king of a land far away in the East had a daughter who was very beautiful, but so proud, and haughty, and conceited, that none of the princes who came to ask her in marriage was good enough for her, and she only made sport of them. Who acts: great king, daughter, princes, none. 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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 (great king, daughter, princes, none), 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:pg2591:58:1 # text = A great king of a land far away in the East had a daughter who was very beautiful, but so proud, and haughty, and conceited, that none of the princes who came to ask her in marriage was good enough for her, and she only made sport of them. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 conceited conceited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 43 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 44 enough enough ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 only only ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 52 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | a great king of a land | a daughter | | the East | | away *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | a daughter | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | the princes | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the princes *not said here* | | her *= she* | marriage | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | none | | | | | for her *= she*; enough, good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past | she | sport of princes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Product | | 7 | **sport** | | princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom sport «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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: [The Story of the Youth Who W…, 211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/57/211/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/2/) - ↑ back to [King Grisly-beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/)