--- title: And his daughter was also shocked, but hoped the king would soon giv… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And his daughter was also shocked, but hoped the king would soon give up such thoughts; so she said to him, ‘Before I marry anyone I must have three dresses: one must be of gold, like the sun; another must be of shining silver, like the moon; and a third must be dazzling as the stars: besides this, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/161/) [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/) / [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/) / 161 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 161 And his daughter was also shocked, but hoped the king would soon give up such thoughts; so she said to him, ‘Before I marry anyone I must have three dresses: one must be of gold, like the sun; another must be of shining silver, like the moon; and a third must be dazzling as the stars: besides this, I want a mantle of a thousand different kinds of fur put together, to which every beast in the kingdom must give a part of his skin.’ **Who acts:** daughter, king, I, one, third, beast · **What happens:** be, hope, give up, say, marry, have · **To what, where:** such thoughts, best, anyone, three dresses, mantle, thousand different kinds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Iron Hans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, king, I, one), 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:pg2591:59:161 # text = And his daughter was also shocked, but hoped the king would soon give up such thoughts; so she said to him, ‘Before I marry anyone I must have three dresses: one must be of gold, like the sun; another must be of shining silver, like the moon; and a third must be dazzling as the stars: besides this, I want a mantle of a thousand different kinds of fur put together, to which every beast in the kingdom must give a part of his skin.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 also also ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 shocked shocked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Before before SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 marry marry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 29 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 33 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 46 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 49 of of SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 51 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 like like ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 60 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux _ _ 62 dazzling dazzle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 conj _ _ 63 as as ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 : : PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 67 besides besides ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 nummod _ _ 77 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nmod _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 80 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ _ 81 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 78 acl _ _ 82 together together ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ _ 84 to to ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 85 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 92 obl _ _ 86 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 87 det _ _ 87 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 nsubj _ _ 88 in in ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nmod _ _ 91 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 92 aux _ _ 92 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 81 conj _ _ 93 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 obj _ _ 95 of of ADP IN _ 97 case _ _ 96 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 97 nmod:poss _ _ 97 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 98 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 99 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | best's daughter | | | | | shocked *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hope** | past | best's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **give up** | would | the king | such thoughts | | | | soon *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Source | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | daughter | | best *= good* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **marry** | present | I | anyone | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient | | 6 | **have** | must | I | three dresses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | | 7 | **is** | must | one | | | | | of gold and the sun | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | must | | | | | | like the moon; shine *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **dazzle** | must · progressive | a third | | | | | as the stars; besides this | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **want** | present | I | a mantle of thousand different kinds of fur | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mantle=Theme | | 11 | **put together** | participle | | thousand different kinds of fur *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **give** | must | every beast in the kingdom | a part of best's skin | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Theme to which=Recipient | 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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/162/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)