--- title: Once upon a time the king held a great feast, and asked thither all… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Once upon a time the king held a great feast, and asked thither all her suitors; and they all sat in a row, ranged according to their rank--kings, and princes, and dukes, and earls, and counts, and barons, and knights. Who acts: king, suitors. 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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 (king, suitors), 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:pg2591:58:2 # text = Once upon a time the king held a great feast, and asked thither all her suitors; and they all sat in a row, ranged according to their rank--kings, and princes, and dukes, and earls, and counts, and barons, and knights. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 thither thither ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 suitors suitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 advmod _ _ 22 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 ranged range VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 case _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 dukes duke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 earls earl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 barons baron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | the king | a great feast | | | | once *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king *not said here* | her suitors | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent suitor=Recipient | | 3 | **sit** | past | suitors *= suitor* | dukes and earls | | a row | | accord suitors's rank and kings and princes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location | | 4 | **range** | participle | | a row *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **count** | present | | barons | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baron=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/3/) - ↑ back to [King Grisly-beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/)