--- title: All on a sudden, as she was going out, in came the king’s son in gol… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All on a sudden, as she was going out, in came the king’s son in golden clothes; and when he saw a beautiful woman at the door, he took her by the hand, and said she should be his partner in the dance; but she trembled for fear, for she saw that it was King Grisly-beard, who was making sport of her. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/62/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [King Grisly-beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/) / 62 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, King Grisly-beard, sentence 62 All on a sudden, as she was going out, in came the king’s son in golden clothes; and when he saw a beautiful woman at the door, he took her by the hand, and said she should be his partner in the dance; but she trembled for fear, for she saw that it was King Grisly-beard, who was making sport of her. **Who acts:** princess, son, fear, King Grisly beard · **What happens:** go out, come, see, take, say, be · **To what, where:** beautiful woman, door, princess, partner, dance, King Grisly beard · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, King Grisly-beard. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, son, fear, King Grisly beard), 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:pg2591:58:62 # text = All on a sudden, as she was going out, in came the king’s son in golden clothes; and when he saw a beautiful woman at the door, he took her by the hand, and said she should be his partner in the dance; but she trembled for fear, for she saw that it was King Grisly-beard, who was making sport of her. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 for for SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 63 King king ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 64 Grisly grisly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 70 nsubj _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 advcl _ _ 71 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past · progressive | princess | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | the king's son in golden clothes | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | son | a beautiful woman | | the door | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | past | son | | princess | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | should | princess | son's partner | | the dance | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tremble** | past | princess | | | | | for fear | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | past | princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | past | fear | King Grisly beard | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **make** | past · progressive | King Grisly beard | sport of princess | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Product | | 11 | **sport** | | princess | | | | | | 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: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/63/) - ↑ back to [King Grisly-beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/)